3. What is the stage direction for Catherine reading the proof?
(a) Quietly, in disbelief.
(b) Vivaciously, with excitement.
(c) Slowly, without inflection.
(d) Quickly and angrily.

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

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

6. Why is Hal huffy when Claire guesses why he has come to the house?
(a) He dislikes Catherine and does not want Claire to speak of her.
(b) He wants to see Catherine, but feels it is his professional duty to collect the notebook.
(c) He has come exclusively to see Catherine, and does not care about the notebook at all.
(d) He hates Claire and never wants her to speak to him again.

7. What are the subjects of the proof?
(a) The inverse relationships between love and hate.
(b) The speed of light.
(c) Warm months, cold months, and students in bookstores.
(d) Atomic subatomic forces.

8. According to Robert, if the thesis "feels done," then...
(a) There are major errors.
(b) It is done! Congratulations.
(c) It should be published right away.
(d) It should be put down for a month and then rechecked.

9. How much of Robert's ability does Claire think Catherine has inherited?
(a) One half.
(b) One quarter.
(c) More than Claire, but Claire is not sure how much more.
(d) Less than Claire, but Claire is not sure how much less.

10. What else did Hal find in the drawer?
(a) Catherine's diary.
(b) Ten more notebooks full of ideas.
(c) Important legal documents.
(d) Nothing, just the notebook.

11. Does Hal think he can help Catherine?
(a) No, he thinks only Robert can help Catherine now.
(b) Yes, he thinks he will take care of her when she moves in with him.
(c) Yes, he thinks she is tough and should have a say in whether she stays or goes.
(d) No, he thinks she is completely fragile and Clare should take care of her.

12. What does Catherine say to Hal that causes him to leave abruptly, and without the notebook?
(a) She says that she loves him and always has, and wants to marry him as soon as possible.
(b) She says that he killed Robert and she can prove it.
(c) She says that she does not approve of his relationship with Claire.
(d) She says that he barely finished his Ph.D., does research that does not matter, and played in an awful band.

13. What does Claire think about Hal's relationship with Catherine?
(a) She thinks Catherine is fragile and Hal took complete advantage of her.
(b) She thinks Hal should be in a relationship with her, not Catherine.
(c) She thinks Catherine made a huge mistake in marrying Hal.
(d) She thinks Hal and Catherine would have a beautiful relationship if they could just give it a chance.

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

15. Why doesn't Claire believe Catherine about the proof?
(a) She thinks Catherine is emotionally unstable.
(b) She wrote the proof herself.
(c) She knows that Robert wrote the proof--he told her before his death.
(d) She knows that Catherine is terrible at mathematics.