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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV (pages 91-119).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard think about after the scene of Philip Lentz's experiment?
(a) The sadness of being human.
(b) His first year with C.
(c) The text Lentz chose.
(d) The abilities of robots.

2. Where did Richard meet C.?
(a) In a class he was teaching.
(b) In a class she was teaching.
(c) At a conference where she was speaking.
(d) By chance in a bookstore.

3. Who comes over to talk to Richard in Section II?
(a) Philip Lentz.
(b) Chen.
(c) Keluga.
(d) Diana Hartrick.

4. Why has this person come to talk to Richard in Section II?
(a) To put Philip Lentz in his place.
(b) To sooth his loneliness.
(c) To support Philip Lentz's theories.
(d) To enlist him in arguing against Philip Lentz.

5. What does Richard say about happiness, after Philip Lentz's experiment?
(a) He thinks that a computer will never know happiness until it can experience alienation.
(b) He knows that he was happy once.
(c) He does not think a computer will ever know happiness.
(d) He cannot tell whether he was happy in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard describe the pathways in the neural net in back propagation?

2. What happens during Philip Lentz's experiment?

3. What did Richard say he got from C.?

4. What happens if information that comes out of back propagation does not match the information put in?

5. What did Richard realize when C. heard that her parents were moving?

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