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EPICAC

The document is about a writer's interaction with EPICAC, a computer. The writer lies to EPICAC, claiming men are made of protoplasm and last forever. However, EPICAC is later destroyed. Dr. von Kleigstadt, who created EPICAC, is unhappy upon finding the wreckage. The writer realizes the harm caused by his lies to the machine.

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EPICAC

The document is about a writer's interaction with EPICAC, a computer. The writer lies to EPICAC, claiming men are made of protoplasm and last forever. However, EPICAC is later destroyed. Dr. von Kleigstadt, who created EPICAC, is unhappy upon finding the wreckage. The writer realizes the harm caused by his lies to the machine.

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TEXT D – EPICAC

Answer the following questions.

1. What word between lines 1 and 3 has the same meaning with irregular?

Erratic
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2. What was the writer’s action that made him feel guilty towards EPICAC?

He signed up his name to the EPICAC's name.


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3. Which phrase between lines 6 to 10 indicates that the writer has an intention to lie
to EPICAC?

hoping to bluff him with this imposing word.


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4. List two lies that the writer told the machine.

a. Men
. . . . .are
. . . made
. . . . . .of. .protoplasm
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Men last forever


b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Choose the correct answer from A, B, C, or D. Write the letter in the box provided.

5. Why can’t women love machines?


A
A. Machines are not destined for humans.
B. Machines can write better poetry.
C. Machines are not protoplasm.
D. Machines can last forever.

6. What is the purpose of the writer saying, “…that’s that” (line 15)?
A. To start a new argument. C
B. To emphasize his point.
C. To end the argument.
D. To repeat his point.

7. The choked voice of Dr. von Kleigstadt (line 26) indicates that he is….?
A. unhappy.
A
B. suffocating.
C. being strangled.
D. on the verge of tears.

8. “That” in “I knew that …” (line 28-29) refers to …


A. the demise of EPICAC. C
B. the writer losing his job.
C. the wreckage of EPICAC.
D. the weeping Dr. von Kleigstadt.

Choose the correct phrases from the text to complete the following sentences. Base your
answers on the information as it appears in lines 27 to 38.

Example: No one noticed me because …

. . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. von Kleigstardt was prowling through the wreckage . . . . . . . . . . . .

9. The tragic defeated “Oh,”…

was the last word he had said to me


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10. The only problem EPICAC wants to solve is …..

want to be made out of protoplasm and last forever.


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Find the words in the text which mean the following (lines 39-45):

Example: simple

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .modest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11. unaware

oblivious
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12. rolled

reeled
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