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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Three and a half years earlier than Act 2, Scene 3.
(b) Three and a half years later than Act 2, Scene 3.
(c) Immediately before Act 2, Scene 3.
(d) Immediately after Act 2, Scene 3.

4. Why was Catherine's drawer locked?
(a) The drawer is a place where she keeps private things.
(b) The key to the drawer has long been lost.
(c) The drawer contains Robert's greatest works.
(d) The drawer is full of important legal documents.

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

6. Who does Hal want to speak with upon his return to the house?
(a) Robert.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mitch.

7. In whose notebook is the proof written?
(a) In Hal's notebook.
(b) In Catherine's notebook.
(c) In Claire's notebook.
(d) In Robert's notebook.

8. What does Hal have to give to Robert?
(a) A manila envelope containing a rough draft of his thesis.
(b) An invitation to a party where his band is playing.
(c) A book he borrowed back before Robert's illness.
(d) A get well soon card.

9. What does Robert compare his creativity to?
(a) Falling asleep in bed.
(b) Sitting on a geyser.
(c) Jumping onto a train.
(d) Walking down the street.

10. Why does Catherine claim she wrote the proof in one of Robert's notebook?
(a) She wanted to confuse Hal, with whom she is angry.
(b) She bought the notebooks for him in bulk, and there were extras.
(c) She only writes in certain types of notebooks, which Robert happened to have.
(d) She thought she would publish the proof under his name.

11. What does Catherine try to destroy at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She tries to destroy her relationship with Robert.
(b) She tries to destroy the notebook.
(c) She tries to destroy her relationship with Claire.
(d) She tries to detroy the house.

12. Why has Claire delayed her flight back home?
(a) She has delayed her flight because Catherine will not eat, talk, or get out of bed.
(b) She has delayed her flight because she is writing her own proof to rival the one in the notebook.
(c) She has delayed her flight because she and Mitch had a fight.
(d) She has delayed her flight because she no longer wants to return to New York.

13. 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 the proof is incorrect and full of errors, and Robert never made errors.
(c) Because she knows that Claire wrote the proof and is keeping it a secret.
(d) Because, though he asked her to keep his secret, she knows that Hal wrote the proof.

14. What time of year is it in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

15. What does Catherine ask Robert to do, after he shows her his latest ideas in the notebook?
(a) She asks him to get the work published right away.
(b) She asks him to go back inside the house.
(c) She asks him to burn the notebook.
(d) She asks him leave and never come back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is she paying for tuition?

2. When does Act 2, Scene 3 take place?

3. What does Claire do for a living?

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

5. Why does Claire give the object to Hal?

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