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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hal, what happens when a mathematician turns fifty?
(a) Their career is over; they may as well teach high school.
(b) Their ideas are published in prestigious math magazines.
(c) They may experience concentration problems.
(d) They are at their creative peak.

2. What does Robert love about bookstores in September?
(a) He loves watching the students browsing throughout an afternoon.
(b) The smell of coffee that wafts outside.
(c) He loves how precisely and quickly students find the books they are looking for.
(d) He loves how empty the bookstores are.

3. What mathematical principle is associated with Sophie Germain?
(a) Germain Algebra.
(b) Germain Angles.
(c) Germain Primes.
(d) Germain Quarters.

4. Where does Catherine reveal she is going to school?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) New York University.
(c) The University of San Diego.
(d) The University of Chicago.

5. Why is Hal hesitant after Catherine asks him about sex at the Conference?
(a) He is not sure that she is flirting with him, and does not want to make a bad impression.
(b) He dislikes her and does not want to talk about sex.
(c) He is not sure if she likes him, and plans to give her a lie detector test to find out.
(d) He dislikes her and is thinking of a way to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lighting cue at the end of the scene?

2. Why has Claire delayed her flight back home?

3. What does Robert begin to write at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What does Claire ask Hal to do before he leaves?

5. How does Catherine know about Sophie Germain?

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