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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is Hal huffy when Claire guesses why he has come to the house?
(a) He hates Claire and never wants her to speak to him again.
(b) He wants to see Catherine, but feels it is his professional duty to collect the notebook.
(c) He has come exclusively to see Catherine, and does not care about the notebook at all.
(d) He dislikes Catherine and does not want Claire to speak of her.
2. What does Robert compare his creativity to?
(a) Falling asleep in bed.
(b) Jumping onto a train.
(c) Walking down the street.
(d) Sitting on a geyser.
3. Why doesn't Claire believe Catherine about the proof?
(a) She knows that Robert wrote the proof--he told her before his death.
(b) She thinks Catherine is emotionally unstable.
(c) She knows that Catherine is terrible at mathematics.
(d) She wrote the proof herself.
4. At the end of the scene what doesn't Robert want Catherine to do?
(a) He does not want her to go on a walk.
(b) He does not want her to leave.
(c) He does not want her to stay.
(d) He does not want her to go inside.
5. What else did Hal find in the drawer?
(a) Nothing, just the notebook.
(b) Ten more notebooks full of ideas.
(c) Catherine's diary.
(d) Important legal documents.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much of Robert's ability does Claire think Catherine has inherited?
2. When does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?
3. What does Robert insist on, though it is freezing cold outside?
4. What is Catherine's explanation as to why she wrote the proof?
5. Who does Hal think has written the proof?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Robert examining in the proof?
2. What do Robert and Catherine decide to do for dinner?
3. How does Catherine react when Claire and Hal do not believe her?
4. What decision has Catherine made about school?
5. Describe Robert's demeanor throughout the scene.
6. Does Hal believe that Catherine wrote the proof? Why or why not?
7. How does Catherine get Hal to leave?
8. How does Catherine meet Hal?
9. Why or why not does Catherine want to attend the University of Chicago?
10. Why is the date in the scene particularly significant?
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