Can Agents Be Creative?

End-of-lesson check

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1. Which sentence best captures the main idea of 'Can Agents Be Creative?'?

   1. Agents can generate novel combinations of existing ideas.
   2. Agents should always run without limits or oversight
   3. Agents and chatbots are the same thing in every way
   4. Tools and goals are unnecessary for agent design

2. Which of the following is part of 'Where agents seem creative'?

   1. Combining ideas from different fields. Generating dozens of variations. Spotting patterns humans miss.
   2. Avoid taking any actions in the world
   3. Use the most expensive model regardless of fit
   4. Approve all actions automatically

3. Which of the following is part of 'Three places agents augment creativity'?

   1. Never log what the agent did
   2. Brainstorming (more ideas, faster)
   3. Skip every form of evaluation
   4. Ignore cost when scaling

4. Which of the following is part of 'Review date'?

   1. Use the most expensive model regardless of fit
   2. Run unbounded retries on any error
   3. Always run with no oversight
   4. Reviewed in 2026. Treat fast-changing product names, prices, availability, and policy details as examples to verify before use.

5. What is 'novelty' in this context?

   1. A reason to skip all logging
   2. A way to disable the agent's tools
   3. A trick to bypass approvals
   4. A core concept covered in Can Agents Be Creative?

6. What is 'combinatorial creativity' in this context?

   1. A core concept covered in Can Agents Be Creative?
   2. A way to disable the agent's tools
   3. A reason to skip all logging
   4. A trick to bypass approvals

7. What is 'remix' in this context?

   1. A trick to bypass approvals
   2. A reason to skip all logging
   3. A core concept covered in Can Agents Be Creative?
   4. A way to disable the agent's tools

8. How does using an agent for a creative project differ from using a chatbot?

   1. Agents can chain steps such as drafting, fetching references, and assembling assets
   2. Agents only do brainstorming
   3. Agents and chatbots do exactly the same thing
   4. Agents avoid all creative tasks

9. What is the best response when an agent suggests an action you do not understand?

   1. Approve it to keep things moving
   2. Reject everything and stop using the agent
   3. Ask the agent to explain the action and its expected effect before approving
   4. Run it twice to be sure

10. Why does an AI agent need 'tools' such as a browser, calendar, or code runner?

    1. Tools replace the need for any prompts
    2. Tools let the agent take actions in the world instead of only producing text
    3. Tools make the model speak more naturally
    4. Tools shrink the context window

11. What does an 'eval' for an agent measure?

    1. The exact wording of every prompt
    2. Whether the agent reliably completes a defined task end to end
    3. How polite the model sounds
    4. The temperature setting

12. Why does a multi-agent system sometimes outperform a single agent on complex jobs?

    1. Specialized roles can divide work and check each other
    2. Multiple agents always cost less
    3. Single agents cannot use tools
    4. More agents always means more accuracy

13. What is the safest first place to deploy a brand new agent?

    1. On a public server with no auth
    2. A sandbox or low-stakes task with reversible actions
    3. Production, against real customers
    4. Inside a critical billing system

14. What should an agent's trace let you do after a run?

    1. Reconstruct each step, decision, and tool call so you can debug or audit
    2. Hide what the agent did from the user
    3. Replace the need for any tests
    4. Make the agent run faster next time automatically

15. Why are clear success criteria critical when building an agent?

    1. They make the agent sound smarter
    2. They are required by law
    3. They reduce the number of tokens used
    4. Without them you cannot tell whether the agent worked or guess