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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 does Robert yell at Catherine?
(a) She insulted and upset him.
(b) He does not understand her mathematics, and gets upset.
(c) He wants her to go on a walk with him, but she will not.
(d) He wants her to read the proof aloud, and she does not want to.

2. Why does Claire give the object to Hal?
(a) She wants to sabotage Catherine.
(b) She thinks someone needs to find out what is in it.
(c) She is trying to win his love.
(d) She is hiding the object from Robert.

3. What does Claire concede to Hal at the end of their conversation?
(a) She agrees to let him call Catherine in Chicago.
(b) She agress to let him visit Catherine in New York.
(c) She agrees to let him visit Catherine in Chicago.
(d) She agrees to let him call Catherine in New York.

4. What is the lighting cue at the end of the scene?
(a) Fade.
(b) Lights to full.
(c) Blackout.
(d) Lights to half.

5. How does Hal want to check the proof?
(a) He wants to take it to some mathematicians at the university who are all familiar with Robert and his work.
(b) He wants to present the proof as evidence in the pending trial over its authorship.
(c) He wants to sit down with Robert and have a heart to heart.
(d) He wants Catherine to recite it to him from memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what interrupts Catherine and Robert's argument?

2. What is Catherine's explanation as to why she wrote the proof?

3. What is the date in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What does Robert compare his creativity to?

5. What does Robert insist on, though it is freezing cold outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Catherine react when Claire and Hal do not believe her?

2. Why has Hal come back to the house after the fight?

3. Why is Robert so excited about working?

4. Did Hal intentionally take advantage of Catherine when they slept together?

5. Describe why Claire allows Hal to take the notebook.

6. Is Hal personally conflicted about taking the notebook?

7. What do Robert and Catherine decide to do for dinner?

8. What decision has Catherine made about school?

9. Why or why not does Catherine want to attend the University of Chicago?

10. Is Robert upset that Catherine plans to leave? Why or why not?

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