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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Claire want Catherine to do?
(a) Go back to bed and rest.
(b) Go back to school in Chicago.
(c) Move to New York, where Claire can keep an eye on her.
(d) Stay in the house where she and Robert lived.

4. How does Catherine take her coffee?
(a) With only cream.
(b) Black.
(c) With sugar and cream.
(d) With only sugar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hal able to put the notebooks in order?

2. Who apologizes to whom about the events from the night before? (i.e., the fight, the 9-1-1 call, and the attempted theft)?

3. Has Hal found anything coherent in the notebooks as of Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Who interrupts Catherine and Robert's conversation?

5. Where did Hal go to the mathematician conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Hal found in the locked drawer, and why is it so important?

2. What does Robert reveal about Catherine's state of mind in the first scene?

3. What does Catherine give to Hal that morning? Where has Catherine been keeping the object ?

4. How does Hal describe the mathematicians at his conferences?

5. Describe Catherine's reaction when she discovers the notebook.

6. Describe how Catherine treats the police when they arrive.

7. Who did Claire want to care for Robert during his illness, and who actually cared for him?

8. Are Claire and Catherine very comfortable around one another?

9. Why is Hal's entrance at the end of the scene helpful for Catherine?

10. Why is Claire so worried when Catherine cannot explain the police presence at the house the night before?

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