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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hal and Catherine meet four years ago?
(a) Catherine was in one of his classes.
(b) He was dropping off his thesis for Robert's perusal.
(c) At a supermarket in the frozen foods aisle.
(d) At a party on campus.

2. Why did Hal not attempt to pursue Catherine after their initial meeting?
(a) He did not feel it was appropriate to flirt with his doctoral advisor's daughter.
(b) He was in love with Claire.
(c) He did not initially like Catherine at all, and avoided her at all costs.
(d) He disliked Robert, and assumed he would dislike Catherine as well.

3. Robert says he feels like no time has passed since he was...
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) A child.
(d) Thirty-five.

4. Why does Claire resent mathematicians?
(a) She is a physicist, and the resent between the two professions runs deep.
(b) She feels that mathematicians do not think their actions through.
(c) She is jealous of mathematicians' talent, and wishes she could be a mathematician herself.
(d) She is a writer, and believes the arts are more important than sciences.

5. What are the subjects of the proof?
(a) The inverse relationships between love and hate.
(b) Warm months, cold months, and students in bookstores.
(c) The speed of light.
(d) Atomic subatomic forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Claire want Catherine to stay, instead of coming back to the house to care for Robert?

2. What does Claire fear about Catherine?

3. According to Hal, what happens when a mathematician turns fifty?

4. What does Hal accidentally remind Robert when he says they will meet in a week, on the eleventh?

5. Why does Claire want Catherine to come to New York?

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