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

2. What does Hal do after Catherine quotes Gauss' letter to Sophie Germain?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He throws down his beer in anger.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He exits.

3. Where does Catherine tell Claire to look for proof that Hal is real?
(a) In the upstaris bedroom.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the paper.
(d) In the sky.

4. Who says they wrote the proof?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Hal.
(c) Claire.
(d) Robert.

5. Why is Claire in town?
(a) She is in town for Robert's funeral.
(b) She is in town for her wedding.
(c) She is in town for Catherine's wedding.
(d) She is in town for Catherine's birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine give to Hal?

2. What does Claire make Catherine for breakfast?

3. What is Imaginary Number, or i?

4. What organic chemical(s) is contained in the beauty product Claire wishes Catherine to try?

5. What is Hal's excuse for kissing Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Hal think he will still have the next great mathematical revelation?

2. What is Hal's excuse for kissing Catherine?

3. What does Claire plan to do with the house?

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

5. Why is Hal sensitive about getting older?

6. Who is Sophie Germain?

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

8. Why is it strange that Catherine and Robert are speaking in the beginning of the first scene?

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

10. Who paid off the mortgage on the house? How?

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