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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the protagonist when she left Los Alamos?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

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

3. Which of the following do the interlocutor and his wife do?
(a) Play tennis.
(b) Go rowing.
(c) Play golf.
(d) Go bowling.

4. What make of car does the protagonist’s brother buy?
(a) Cooper.
(b) Ford.
(c) Lotus.
(d) Peterson.

5. What is the title of the chapter in Spengler that attracts the protagonist’s attention?
(a) “Rise of the South.”
(b) “The Idea of Zero.”
(c) “The Meaning of Numbers.”
(d) “Enumerating Infinity.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What thinker does the protagonist note is necessary to the discussion of numbers?

2. In which city did the protagonist stop on her road-trip?

3. In which of the following thinkers was the protagonist’s father interested?

4. From where did the protagonist’s family move to Wartburg?

5. In which of the following does the protagonist’s father die?

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