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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Scene 1 take place?
(a) The basement of a house in New York
(b) The back porch of a house in Chicago
(c) The basement of a house in Chicago
(d) The back porch of a house in New York

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

3. What does Claire fear about Catherine?
(a) She fears that Catherine will move to New York City.
(b) She fears Catherine's brute strength, because they have fought many times before.
(c) She fears that Catherine is talented, but tends toward instability like Robert.
(d) She fears that Catherine will run away.

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

5. What beauty product does Claire insist that Catherine try?
(a) Her body wash.
(b) Her conditioner.
(c) Her nail polish.
(d) Her face wash.

6. Who interrupts Catherine and Robert's conversation?
(a) Hal.
(b) A passerby.
(c) Claire.
(d) A stray dog.

7. How did Hal and Catherine meet four years ago?
(a) He was dropping off his thesis for Robert's perusal.
(b) Catherine was in one of his classes.
(c) At a supermarket in the frozen foods aisle.
(d) At a party on campus.

8. Why is Hal able to put the notebooks in order?
(a) Because Robert dated every entry.
(b) Because he has carbon-dated the pages in a lab.
(c) Because Catherine has helped him organize.
(d) Because the notebooks are color-coded.

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

10. Why does Claire want Catherine to come to New York?
(a) She never wants to come back to Chicago to visit.
(b) She needs Catherine to help organize the upcoming wedding.
(c) She wants to get a two bedroom apartment so they can live together again.
(d) She is worried that Catherine is upset and exhausted, and living in Chicago is bad for her mental health.

11. How old was Robert when his illness began?
(a) Sixteen or seventeen.
(b) Fifty-five or fifty-six.
(c) Thirty or thirty-one.
(d) Twenty-three or twenty-four.

12. Who was Claire drinking with the night before?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Robert.
(c) The theoretical physicists.
(d) Hal.

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

14. What has Claire given Catherine to wear to the funeral?
(a) A suit.
(b) A ring.
(c) A dress.
(d) A hat.

15. What does Catherine give to Hal?
(a) A key to the bottom drawer of the desk in Robert's office.
(b) A cup of coffee meant for Claire.
(c) A backpack filled with notebooks.
(d) A ring that belonged to her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Catherine think of Hal the first time they met?

2. Who says they wrote the proof?

3. What name does Claire call Catherine by?

4. What was Robert's occupation?

5. When does Hal arrive in the scene?

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