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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tom work after finishing college?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) AT&T.

2. What does UINST mean?
(a) Universal Installer.
(b) Micro Instruction Set.
(c) User Instance.
(d) Uninstall.

3. What is the number on Alsing's security badge?
(a) 150.
(b) 1023.
(c) 3.
(d) 477.

4. What is one of Tom West's great abilities?
(a) Persuasion.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Deception.
(d) Problem solving.

5. Who is Edson de Castro?
(a) A former DEC employee who went on a murderous rampage at the corporate head office.
(b) A former DEC employee who was arrested for industrial espionage.
(c) A former DEC employee who founded Data General.
(d) A former DEC employee who invented the fax machine.

6. How much does it cost to manufacture a VAX?
(a) More than $100,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $22,500.
(d) $435,300.

7. Where was Wallach raised?
(a) Queens.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Manhatten.
(d) Brooklyn.

8. What Star Wars character is Wallach compared to?
(a) Luke Skywalker.
(b) Darth Vader.
(c) Chewbacca.
(d) Han Solo.

9. Where is Rasala's family from?
(a) Germany.
(b) India.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

10. What is MULTICS?
(a) A plan to expand time-sharing systems into a dominant market position.
(b) A plan for making time-sharing systems secure.
(c) A plan to end time-sharing systems for good.
(d) A plan for hacking into time-sharing systems.

11. How many bits does the NOVA deal with at one time?
(a) 8.
(b) 32.
(c) 16.
(d) 64.

12. What is the name of the electrician that West and his wife befriend?
(a) Bernie.
(b) Jones.
(c) Carl.
(d) Ahab.

13. What did West start out calling Eagle?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Kludge.
(c) Cash cow.
(d) Canard.

14. What single invention revolutionized the computer industry?
(a) The cathode.
(b) The transistor.
(c) The LCD display.
(d) The mouse.

15. What was project Victor?
(a) All of the below.
(b) Something to do.
(c) The Mature Eclipse.
(d) A canard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author help Rasala build?

2. What does the Microteam do to everything they touch?

3. What is Data General's relationship to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)?

4. What conquers rust?

5. How does Blau's apartment make the author feel?

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