The Great Automatic Grammatizator – Reasoning (20+ Questions)

Complete the following sentences by providing a brief reason. Do not repeat the question.

1. Knipe is unhappy even after the success of the automatic computing engine because __________

2. Knipe realizes he can create a machine for writing stories because __________

3. The machine initially produces random characters and text without proper formatting because __________

4. Knipe believes that English grammar can work like mathematics because __________

5. Mr. Bohlen agrees to adapt the machine for novel production because __________

6. The first adaptation of the machine by Knipe is successful after many attempts because __________

7. Knipe decides to buy out successful authors instead of just selling stories because __________

8. The first author Knipe approaches throws him out of his house because __________

9. The second author attacks Knipe with a paperweight because __________

10. The third author (a female romance novelist) agrees to Knipe's proposal because __________

11. Knipe changes his strategy to approach only mediocre writers because __________

12. Approximately seventy percent of authors sign Knipe's contract because __________

13. The story's ending leaves the narrator in a desperate situation because __________

14. Dahl presents the narrator with nine starving children because __________

15. The machine represents a threat to human creativity because __________

16. Knipe argues that the "creative urge" is nonsense because __________

17. The story is particularly relevant in modern times because __________

18. Dahl's satire is effective in exposing the problem of commercialization because __________

19. Half of all published novels become machine-made within a year because __________

20. The narrator prays for the strength to resist signing the contract because __________

21. Knipe becomes increasingly ruthless and ambitious as his plan succeeds because __________

Answer Key

i) He has always wanted to be a writer but his stories are continuously rejected by magazines despite his years of effort.

ii) He observes that a machine has memory and that grammar has almost mathematical rules that can be programmed, not requiring original human thought. 

iii) Knipe is still learning how to program it correctly and has to make adjustments and modifications to produce properly formatted text.

iv) Both mathematics and grammar are governed by fixed, strict rules that can be systematized and followed by a machine without original thought.

v) He sees an opportunity to make a fortune and become wealthy by mass-producing novels instead of just short stories.

vi) Knipe collects and inputs thousands of words, plot points, story structures, and other literary elements to train the machine properly.

vii) He realizes that buying out authors prevents competition and allows him to control the entire market for published fiction.

viii) He thinks Knipe is insane or joking because the idea of being paid to stop doing something he loves seems absurd to him.

ix) He is offended and angry at the suggestion that his work is worth paying him to abandon it instead of reading his writing.

x) When she sees the machine produce a novel better than her own work, she recognizes its superior quality and agrees it is worth accepting.