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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the standard test on computer speed?
(a) The Countesthorpe Benchmark.
(b) The Leicester Benchmark.
(c) The Littlethorpe Benchmark.
(d) The Whetstone Benchmark.

3. How did West and the other older engineers avoid the Vietnam war?
(a) By being too valuable to throw away in war.
(b) By hiding under assumed names.
(c) By joining companies that made things for it.
(d) By moving to Canada.

4. When does Ed Rasala tell Carl Carman he will be finished debugging?
(a) He doesn't know.
(b) August.
(c) Sometime in the next year.
(d) Late September.

5. How does Jon Blau refer to the blonde twins at National Cash Register's booth?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Bipolar.
(c) Attractive.
(d) Identical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Data General supposedly offer its employees in addition to medical insurance?

2. Who is sent to Data General's semiconductor facility for a 'vacation?'

3. What award do the Hardy Boys hand out?

4. What type of fighter does the author compare the Eclipse group to?

5. What component is the crucial difference between the Eagle and earlier machines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the level of openness in the Eagle project.

2. How does West describe his job?

3. What 'right choice' did West make for the Eagle?

4. How is the debugging process visually represented?

5. How do West and Rasala make Rosen defensive?

6. How does West's personality change between home and work?

7. Why did engineers keep dropping out of the Eagle program?

8. Describe the circumstances around Rosen's departure from Eagle.

9. Describe some of the problems with the debugging of the Eagle.

10. How does West feel about computers and machines?

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