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    "# Chapter 1: Elements of a Program"
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    "## Content Review"
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    "Read [Chapter 1](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/master/01_elements_00_lecture.ipynb) of the book. Then, work through the questions below."
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    "### Essay Questions "
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    "Answer the following questions *briefly*!"
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    "**Q1**: Elaborate on how **modulo division** might be a handy operation to know!"
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    "**Q2**: What is a **dynamically typed** language? How does it differ from a **statically typed** language? What does that mean for Python?"
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    "**Q3**: Why is it useful to start counting at $0$?"
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    "**Q4**: What is **operator overloading**?"
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    "**Q5**: What are the basic **naming conventions** for variables? What happens if a name collides with one of Python's [keywords](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords)?"
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    "**Q6**: Advocates of the [functional programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming) paradigm suggest not to use **mutable** data types in a program. What are the advantages of that approach? What might be a downside?"
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    "### True / False Questions"
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    "Motivate your answer with *one short* sentence!"
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    "**Q7**: \"**dunder**\" refers to a group of Australian (i.e., \"down under\") geeks that work on core Python."
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    "**Q8**: The **Zen of Python** talks about Indian genius programmers."
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    "**Q9**: When NASA famously converted some measurements to the wrong unit and lost a Mars satellite in 1999 (cf., [source](https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/)), this is an example of a so-called **runtime error**."
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    "**Q10**: [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) suggests that developers use **8 spaces** per level of indentation."
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