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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are left at the party?
(a) 10 people, all Claire's friends.
(b) 40 people, all mathematicians.
(c) 20 people, all Catherine's friends.
(d) No one--they all left right after the funeral.

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

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

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

5. What time of day does Catherine's conversation with Robert occur?
(a) Between 2:00PM and 3:00PM.
(b) Between 7:00AM and 8:00AM.
(c) Between 9:00PM and 10:00PM.
(d) Between 12:00AM and 1:00AM.

6. What is Imaginary Number, or i?
(a) Catherine's favorite cereal.
(b) A theory of Robert's before his death.
(c) A song of Hal's band's that consists of three minutes of silence.
(d) A theory of Hal's on which he is writing a paper.

7. Besides apartments, what other facilities has Claire scouted for Catherine?
(a) Mental health centers.
(b) YMCAs.
(c) Theaters.
(d) Childcare centers.

8. Where does Claire live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

9. Where does Hal find the notebook?
(a) Locked in a safe deposit box in the kitchen.
(b) Locked in a filing cabinet in the basement.
(c) Locked in a drawer in Robert's study.
(d) Locked in a chest in Catherine's room.

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

11. When does Hal arrive in the scene?
(a) He arrives in the end.
(b) He never actually enters in the scene.
(c) He arrives in the middle.
(d) He arrives in the beginning.

12. Where did Catherine get the dress she wore to the funeral?
(a) Robert gave it to her.
(b) She already had it.
(c) Claire gave it to her.
(d) Hal gave it to her.

13. Why is Claire selling the house?
(a) She has no regard for anything but money.
(b) She cannot think of anything else to do with it.
(c) She wants to help Catherine, and feels this is the only way.
(d) She hates the house and always has.

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

15. Why is Hal unhappy with his own work?
(a) He only wants to play drums in his band; the math stuff is just a day job.
(b) His work is brilliant, but no one will recognize it.
(c) He has stolen all his ideas from a colleague, and feels guilty.
(d) He thinks his ideas are trivial, and his most creative days are behind him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hal's full name?

2. What is Hal carrying when he enters?

3. What name does Claire call Catherine by?

4. What is the lighting direction at the end of the scene?

5. What is happening in the house after the funeral?

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