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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rasala, why is Veres the best of the college kids?
(a) He's driven.
(b) He's unusually mature.
(c) He doesn't let his degree get in the way of his knowledge.
(d) He got the best grades.

2. What is the bigger game?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Survival.
(c) Pinball.
(d) Business.

3. How many types of arithmetic must the Eagle perform simultaneously at high speed?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) As many as the user needs.

4. What does IBM suffer from?
(a) Too much demand.
(b) Decreasing market share.
(c) A 'brain-drain' to other companies.
(d) Not enough innovation.

5. When does West leave for work?
(a) A little after seven.
(b) A bit before eight.
(c) Right at six.
(d) In between seven-thirty and eight.

6. What type of fighter does the author compare the Eclipse group to?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Gunslingers.
(c) Boxers.
(d) Mercenaries.

7. What part of the Eagle becomes the focal point, or 'bogeyman?'
(a) The Instruction Processor.
(b) The GUI.
(c) The Central Processing Unit.
(d) The motherboard.

8. What percentage of Data General's equipment sales does the Eagle represent after its launch?
(a) Exactly forty-two percent.
(b) More than ten percent.
(c) Slightly less than eight percent.
(d) Around fifty percent.

9. How many lines of microcode does the Eagle have?
(a) 9873.
(b) 3421.
(c) 4096.
(d) 6734.

10. What did the staffer at Personnel tell Rosen they will remind him to do?
(a) Work harder.
(b) Be a team player.
(c) File his taxes.
(d) Take his vacations.

11. How many inventors will the Eagle have?
(a) Thirty.
(b) There can only be one.
(c) Almost a hundred.
(d) Fifty.

12. What new type of processor did Rosen design in college?
(a) Dual-Core.
(b) Floating Point.
(c) Rolled Tungsten.
(d) Fuzzy Logic.

13. How does Rosen describe his own habits of thought?
(a) Eclectic.
(b) Exact.
(c) Eccentric.
(d) Electric.

14. At the time of writing, when did Holberger join Data General?
(a) Four months ago.
(b) Three years ago.
(c) Ten years ago.
(d) Nineteen months ago.

15. What type of songs does West like to play?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Folk songs.
(c) Pop.
(d) Prog rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Holberger and Rasala burn together?

2. Where is Holberger in early September?

3. What award do the Hardy Boys hand out?

4. What part of the lab needed repair?

5. Where will Data General send the Eagle blueprints to?

(see the answer keys)

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