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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following authors does the protagonist note having read?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Hume.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) Locke.

2. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the population of mathematicians is Jewish?
(a) 80.
(b) 8.
(c) 20.
(d) 2.

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

4. Which of the following admits the protagonist to Stella Maris?
(a) Dr. Ruth.
(b) Dr. Wegner.
(c) Dr. Cohen.
(d) Dr. Horowitz.

5. The novel explains the term “orts” as akin to which of the following?
(a) Exhorts.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Ports.
(d) Cohorts.

6. What was the name of the protagonist’s older brother?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Elijah.

7. To which of the following does the novel compare Oppenheimer?
(a) Dirac.
(b) Curie.
(c) Bohr.
(d) Newton.

8. By whom was the IHES established?
(a) Poincaré.
(b) Motchane.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Motchane.

9. Which of the following logicians does the protagonist hold as a hero?
(a) Boole.
(b) De Morgan.
(c) Babbage.
(d) Shannon.

10. How old was the protagonist when her father died?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

11. With which of the following does III end?
(a) “Then in the morning we sat in the sand and drank our tea and watched the sun come up.”
(b) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”
(c) “Sorry. Yes. Very close. Time’s up.”
(d) “I don’t know. Yes. You will see me.”

12. On what holiday was the protagonist born?
(a) Canada Day.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Cinco de Mayo.
(d) Boxing Day.

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

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

15. To which of the following does the interlocutor compare the Kid?
(a) A pixie.
(b) A faerie.
(c) A djinn.
(d) A mujina.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?

2. With which philosopher does the protagonist associate the wish not to have been?

3. At what age does the protagonist change her name?

4. With which of the following does III begin?

5. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?

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