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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claire think about Hal's suggestion to check the proof?
(a) Claire thinks his suggestion is excellent--who better to check the proof than mathematicians who knew Robert?
(b) Claire thinks his suggestions is terrible--how could Catherine possibly recite the proof from memory?
(c) Claire thinks his suggestion is terrible--she does not have time to go to trial.
(d) Claire thinks his suggestion is excellent--no one will be able to validate the authoship better than Robert.

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

3. What does Hal accidentally remind Robert when he says they will meet in a week, on the eleventh?
(a) Today is Claire's birthday.
(b) Today is Robert's anniversary.
(c) Today is Hal's birthday.
(d) Today is Catherine's birthday.

4. What does Catherine try to destroy at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She tries to destroy her relationship with Robert.
(b) She tries to detroy the house.
(c) She tries to destroy her relationship with Claire.
(d) She tries to destroy the notebook.

5. Why was Catherine's drawer locked?
(a) The drawer is a place where she keeps private things.
(b) The key to the drawer has long been lost.
(c) The drawer is full of important legal documents.
(d) The drawer contains Robert's greatest works.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sophie Germain?

2. What does Catherine say to Hal that causes him to leave abruptly, and without the notebook?

3. In whose notebook is the proof written?

4. What does Hal have to give to Robert?

5. Why does Catherine claim she wrote the proof in one of Robert's notebook?

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