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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is the Kid?
(a) 3’2”.
(b) 4’0”.
(c) 5’9”.
(d) 2’3”.

2. How many fire extinguishers is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 70.
(b) 5.
(c) 600.
(d) 8,000.

3. In what field of mathematics does the protagonist report having worked?
(a) Combinatorics.
(b) Statistics.
(c) Number theory.
(d) Topology.

4. What label does the protagonist apply to the figures in her hallucinations?
(a) Familiars.
(b) Boggles.
(c) Wraiths.
(d) Eidolons.

5. In what year was Stella Maris established?
(a) 2020.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the protagonist when she left Los Alamos?

2. What is the name of Grothendieck’s father?

3. From what catalog does the protagonist buy a violin?

4. How long do the protagonist and interlocutor have together after the break in II?

5. For whom, along with Grothendieck, was the IHES established?

(see the answer key)

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