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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert ask Catherine to do?
(a) He asks her to move back home.
(b) He asks her to leave him alone.
(c) He asks her to work with him.
(d) He asks her to stay out of his research.

2. Why has Catherine come to the house?
(a) No one picked up the phone when she called, and she got worried.
(b) She missed home and wanted to visit.
(c) She and Robert had planned to have dinner.
(d) She just happened to be driving by.

3. Whose handwriting does Claire think the proof is written in?
(a) Hal' handwriting.
(b) Catherine's handwriting.
(c) Her own handwriting.
(d) Robert's handwriting.

4. Why is Hal skeptical about Catherine's claim?
(a) Robert told him all about the proof before his death.
(b) He thinks Robert may have written the groundbreaking proof, then later explained it to Catherine.
(c) He has already written the proof, and wonders how she stole his idea.
(d) He thinks Catherine is just trying to impress him because they spend the night together.

5. When does Act 2, Scene 3 take place?
(a) The day of Act 1, Scene 1.
(b) The day before Act 2, Scene 2.
(c) The day of Act 2, Scene 2.
(d) The day after Act 2, Scene 2.

6. What has Catherine missed to come back to the house?
(a) She has missed her favorite television program.
(b) She has missed a class.
(c) She has missed a shift at work.
(d) She has missed a date.

7. Does Hal go with them to dinner?
(a) Yes, but he is uncomfortable and leaves before dinner arrives.
(b) No, he can't, he has plans.
(c) No, he needs to take his thesis back and work on it.
(d) Yes, they have a lovely time.

8. Does Hal believe Catherine could have written the proof?
(a) No, Hal knows that Claire wrote the proof, and plans to help her publish it.
(b) No, Hal did the proof himself, and planned to give Robert the credit.
(c) No, the proof required very advanced mathematics, and Catherine only attended college for a few months.
(d) Yes, Hal believes instantly that Catherine wrote the proof.

9. What is Robert opposed to having for dinner?
(a) Salad.
(b) Steak.
(c) Burgers.
(d) Pasta.

10. What does Robert love about bookstores in September?
(a) He loves watching the students browsing throughout an afternoon.
(b) He loves how precisely and quickly students find the books they are looking for.
(c) He loves how empty the bookstores are.
(d) The smell of coffee that wafts outside.

11. Why can't Robert concentrate in the house?
(a) The radiators are clanking and the house is too hot.
(b) The house is too bright and giving him a headache.
(c) The electricity is off and the house is too dark.
(d) The heat is not working and the house is too cold.

12. At the end of the scene what doesn't Robert want Catherine to do?
(a) He does not want her to go on a walk.
(b) He does not want her to go inside.
(c) He does not want her to stay.
(d) He does not want her to leave.

13. What does Claire do for a living?
(a) She is a currency analyst.
(b) She is a financial advisor.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is an actuary.

14. Robert says he feels like no time has passed since he was...
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) A child.

15. Why has Catherine waited so long to inform Robert of her plans?
(a) Until recently, she was not sure if he was truly better, and worried she may need to stay with him.
(b) She knew he would be incredibly angry, and wanted to give him as little choice as possible in the matter.
(c) Until recently, she had no desire to return to school, thinking it dull and predictable.
(d) She was on the waiting list at the school, and was not certain she would be accepted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine ask Robert to do, after he shows her his latest ideas in the notebook?

2. Why has Claire delayed her flight back home?

3. Why doesn't Claire believe Catherine about the proof?

4. What is the stage direction for Catherine reading the proof?

5. In whose notebook is the proof written?

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