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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did the protagonist’s father’s first wife hold?
(a) Cardiologist.
(b) Nephrologist.
(c) Pulmonologist.
(d) Proctologist.

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

3. At what facility had the protagonist’s mother worked?
(a) V-15.
(b) W-14.
(c) Y-12.
(d) X-13.

4. In which city is Stella Maris?
(a) Stevens Point.
(b) Tomah.
(c) Black River Falls.
(d) Marshfield.

5. To which of the following tests had the protagonist been subjected?
(a) Raven’s.
(b) Blackbird’s.
(c) Crow’s.
(d) Grackle’s.

6. What label does the interlocutor apply to the figures in the protagonist’s hallucinations?
(a) Eidolons.
(b) Wraiths.
(c) Familiars.
(d) Boggles.

7. With which of the following works does the protagonist engage?
(a) Principia.
(b) Mathematica.
(c) Psychohistory.
(d) Grundlagen.

8. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?
(a) Zeno.
(b) Parmenides.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

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

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

11. How old is Grothendieck reported to be?
(a) 46.
(b) 43.
(c) 44.
(d) 45.

12. Which of the following pieces does the protagonist first play on her violin?
(a) Brahms’s Hungarian Dance 5 in g minor.
(b) Mozart’s Sonata in e minor.
(c) Wagner’s Traume.
(d) Bach’s Chaconne in d minor.

13. What group did Grothendieck lead?
(a) Peck.
(b) Rainwater.
(c) Besse.
(d) Bourbaki.

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

15. Which of the following, per the novel, is a type of quark?
(a) Bottom.
(b) Flute.
(c) Snug.
(d) Quince.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following did the protagonist’s father work?

2. Which of the following admits the protagonist to Stella Maris?

3. Which personality assessment had the protagonist sat for in the past?

4. What name did the Kid believe Dirac had?

5. Which of the following invented the calutron?

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