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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shorter Than a Season.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an engineer receive when he completes a successful project?
(a) A bonus.
(b) A vacation.
(c) A commemorative ring.
(d) A picture of a computer.

2. Who is the best person to design the Eagle?
(a) Holland.
(b) Wallach.
(c) West.
(d) Alsing.

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

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

5. What was Chuck Holland's father?
(a) A convicted felon.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A microcoder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of songs does West like to play?

2. What color is the logic analyzer's screen?

3. What is the class of solids that transistors are made of?

4. 'There's no such thing as a...'

5. How old is Alsing when the Eagle project begins?

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