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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what background is the interlocutor’s spouse?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) Romanian.
(d) Polish.

3. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Milton.
(d) Malory.

4. How old is the protagonist when she arrives at IHES?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

5. With which of the following does II end?
(a) “Sorry. Yes. Very close. Time’s up.”
(b) “Yes. I’m sorry.”
(c) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”
(d) “Then in the morning we sat in the sand and drank our tea and watched the sun come up.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country does the protagonist leave to arrive at Stella Maris?

2. To which of the following tests had the protagonist been subjected?

3. What label does the interlocutor apply to the figures in the protagonist’s hallucinations?

4. For how much does the protagonist purchase her violin?

5. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?

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