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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. What does Claire ask Hal to do before he leaves?
(a) She asks him to come visit in Chicago.
(b) She asks him never to come back.
(c) She asks him to explain the proof to her.
(d) She asks him to come visit in New York.

2. What does Claire do for a living?
(a) She is a currency analyst.
(b) She is an actuary.
(c) She is a financial advisor.
(d) She is a teacher.

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

4. What was Hal's state of mind when he met Catherine four years ago?
(a) Happy; he'd specifically set up the meeting to talk to her.
(b) Nervous; he was dropping off his thesis for her father to check.
(c) Angry; he's hoped to meet Robert alone.
(d) Confused; he did not have any idea who she was.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who is Sophie Germain?

3. Why is Hal huffy when Claire guesses why he has come to the house?

4. Who or what interrupts Catherine and Robert's argument?

5. Whose idea was it to have the band play at the house after the funeral?

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