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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. What is Imaginary Number, or i?
(a) Catherine's favorite cereal.
(b) A song of Hal's band's that consists of three minutes of silence.
(c) A theory of Hal's on which he is writing a paper.
(d) A theory of Robert's before his death.

2. When does Hal arrive in the scene?
(a) He never actually enters in the scene.
(b) He arrives in the beginning.
(c) He arrives in the end.
(d) He arrives in the middle.

3. What is the date in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) June 4th.
(b) March 4th.
(c) January 4th.
(d) September 4th.

4. Has Hal found anything coherent in the notebooks as of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Yes, he has already made off with ten notebooks and is planning to write a book.
(b) No, the only lucid notebook is the one he tried to give to Catherine on her birthday.
(c) No, but he is not really reading the notebooks anyway--he just wants to go to band practice.
(d) Yes, he has found something profound in almost every notebook.

5. Whose handwriting does Claire think the proof is written in?
(a) Robert's handwriting.
(b) Her own handwriting.
(c) Catherine's handwriting.
(d) Hal' handwriting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a graphomaniac?

2. How does Catherine treat the police officers?

3. Does Hal think he can help Catherine?

4. Who is Sophie Germain?

5. Why is Hal unhappy with his own work?

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