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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Claire want Catherine to stay, instead of coming back to the house to care for Robert?
(a) In her marriage.
(b) In the mental facility.
(c) In school.
(d) In New York City.

2. What is the proof?
(a) Evidence in a criminal case involving Robert.
(b) A mathematical theorem about prime numbers.
(c) Evidence in a criminal case involving Catherine.
(d) A mathematical theorem about geometry.

3. Why is Catherine adamant that Robert could not have written the proof?
(a) Because, though he asked her to keep his secret, she knows that Hal wrote the proof.
(b) Because the proof is incorrect and full of errors, and Robert never made errors.
(c) Because she knows that Claire wrote the proof and is keeping it a secret.
(d) Because, even during the good year when he was lucid, he was not able to do mathematics.

4. What does Hal discover in the notebook?
(a) A short story.
(b) A proof.
(c) A painting.
(d) A theory of physics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Act 2, Scene 5 take place?

2. Why does Hal think Catherine wrote the proof?

3. What was Robert's occupation?

4. Who was Claire drinking with the night before?

5. What is Hal's excuse for kissing Catherine?

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