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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. What does Hal do after Catherine quotes Gauss' letter to Sophie Germain?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He throws down his beer in anger.
(c) He exits.
(d) He laughs at her.

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

3. What has become Claire's fiance's new hobby?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Model airplane making.
(c) Miniature ship building.
(d) Knitting.

4. What does Claire want Catherine to do?
(a) Go back to bed and rest.
(b) Stay in the house where she and Robert lived.
(c) Move to New York, where Claire can keep an eye on her.
(d) Go back to school in Chicago.

5. How old is Catherine turning?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time period in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. How did Hal and Catherine meet four years ago?

3. What is the proof?

4. Who interrupts Catherine and Robert's conversation?

5. What does Catherine, sarcastically, tell Claire she is most excited about New York?

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