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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Diana apologize to Richard?

2. With what does Philip Lentz want to test implementation B?

3. To what does Richard compare implementation A?

4. Where does Richard try to draw stories out of people?

5. Who comes over to talk to Richard in Section II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of "Galatea 2.2"?

2. What is Lentz's success with implementation A and implementation B?

3. What breakthrough does Helen make when she analyzes love poems?

4. What has Lentz accomplished by the time he builds implementation F?

5. Describe Taylor's death and its importance to Richard.

6. How does Richard Powers use flashbacks in his narrative?

7. What is C.'s relationship with Richard's work while he is in the Netherlands?

8. What does Richard think about the lecture Lentz gives?

9. Who is C.? Describe Richard's relationship with her.

10. What was happening with Richard and C. at the time that Richard published his first book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent is Helen a replacement for the children Richard and C. never had? To what extent does Richard's writing fill that role?

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