Which of the following is ironic? More than one may be correct.

A coin was flipped to make major decisions., Swift was an important general and didn't decide on his own., Each man thought he'd won the war, but it was a coin.

What does the EXPOSITION of the story contain? (the introduction)

We see the future Earth, they just won a war.

Isaac Asimov, besides being an author, was also what? More than one may be correct.

A member of the genius society, Mensa International., Russian, A biochemist with a PhD, A professor at Boston University

Henderson was the programmer. Why does he say the information he received was no good?

Soldiers were making things up to look good.

Swift was the man who made the final decisions. His reveal is the climax - what was it?

He flipped a coin to make all decisions.

What did Jablonsky, Swift, and Henderson agree on?

All information put into Multivac was corrupted.

Henderson "corrected" the data he received to be programmed into Multivac. Why is this ironic?

Why have a computer at all if Henderson used intuition.

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The Machine that Won the War by Isaac Asimov - Critical Thinking

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Which of the following is ironic? More than one may be correct.
A coin was flipped to make major decisions.
Swift was an important general and didn't decide on his own.
A computer was used to calculate how to win a war.
Each man thought he'd won the war, but it was a coin.
2
What does the EXPOSITION of the story contain? (the introduction)
We meet three men discussing what to do in a war.
The story describes a war the humans are fighting.
We are in the future, and they are talking about robots.
We see the future Earth, they just won a war.
3
Isaac Asimov, besides being an author, was also what? More than one may be correct.
A member of the genius society, Mensa International.
Russian
A biochemist with a PhD
A professor at Boston University
4
What is the major conflict in the story?
Man versus Man
Man versus Technology
Man versus Self
Man versus Nature
5
Henderson was the programmer. Why does he say the information he received was no good?
People in the field didn't know the whole picture.
Soldiers were making things up to look good.
Humans are lazy.
He got the reports too late to know if it was good.
6
Who or what is Multivac?
A super computer
The war general
The chief programmer
A soldier in the war
7
Which of the following is the biggest theme of the story?
Machines and artificial intelligence
Collecting coins
Fighting a war using intuition
Humanity over machinery
8
Swift was the man who made the final decisions. His reveal is the climax - what was it?
He flipped a coin to make all decisions.
He didn't think they'd won the war.
The computer was broken beyond repair
He always followed the computer's advice.
9
What did Jablonsky, Swift, and Henderson agree on?
All information put into Multivac was corrupted.
They were glad that Swift used a coin to make decisions.
Multivac was a useful tool and was a big part of the victory
Jablonsky was good at programming, and they were thankful.
10
What's a Denebian?
A general in the army
The name of currency in the future
The weapons they used to fight the war
An alien race
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Henderson "corrected" the data he received to be programmed into Multivac. Why is this ironic?
Why have a computer at all if Henderson used intuition.
The war was more important than Henderson.
Multivac was a useful tool.
Henderson is human and doesn't know everything.

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