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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Grothendieck’s father?
(a) Ramirez.
(b) Schapiro.
(c) Grothendieck.
(d) Cousteau.

2. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

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

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

5. What name did the Kid believe Dirac had?
(a) Karen.
(b) Shamela.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Pamela.

6. What eye condition does the protagonist report having had?
(a) Strabismus.
(b) Cataracts.
(c) Amblyopia.
(d) Glaucoma.

7. From where did the protagonist’s family move to Wartburg?
(a) Carter.
(b) Bush.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Clinton.

8. How old does the interlocutor report being?
(a) 40.
(b) 37.
(c) 46.
(d) 43.

9. Through what agency does the protagonist purchase a violin?
(a) William Harris Lee & Co.
(b) Bein & Fushi.
(c) Carl Becker & Son.
(d) Guadagnini.

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

11. What does the protagonist note was the average age of the Manhattan Project scientists?
(a) 34.
(b) 30.
(c) 26.
(d) 38.

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

13. In what year was the protagonist born?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1951.

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

15. Which of the following philosophers does the protagonist reference in regards to her violin?
(a) Davidson.
(b) Putnam.
(c) Carnap.
(d) Quine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the protagonist’s father living just before his death?

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

4. By whom was the IHES established?

5. What group did Grothendieck lead?

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