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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what catalog does the protagonist buy a violin?
(a) Bonhams.
(b) Aiken.
(c) Sotheby.
(d) Christie.

2. Where does the protagonist’s mother place in a state beauty contest?
(a) She was disqualified.
(b) First.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

3. How old is the protagonist upon admission to Stella Maris?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

4. Whom does the protagonist ask if patients will surprise?
(a) Hirschfeld.
(b) Stekel.
(c) Fleiss.
(d) Krafft-Ebing.

5. As what was the research facility where the protagonist’s parents met known?
(a) Nob Hill.
(b) Portrero.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Dogpatch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the protagonist’s mother died did her father die?

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

3. In what year was the protagonist born?

4. How far from ground zero at a nuclear test site had the protagonist’s father been?

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

(see the answer key)

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