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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does the protagonist compare herself?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Dillinger.
(c) Floyd.
(d) Purvis.

2. With whom did the protagonist work on violin harmonics?
(a) Ida Haendel.
(b) Carleen Hutchins.
(c) Quincy Whitney.
(d) Batya MacAdam-Somer.

3. Against whom does the protagonist rail in describing her regard for her brother?
(a) Westermarck.
(b) Haeckel.
(c) Malinowski.
(d) Spencer.

4. Near what city does the protagonist note having wanted to live?
(a) Bucharest.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Bratislava.

5. How old was the protagonist when she left home for college?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

6. What is the title of the chapter in Spengler that attracts the protagonist’s attention?
(a) “Rise of the South.”
(b) “The Meaning of Numbers.”
(c) “The Idea of Zero.”
(d) “Enumerating Infinity.”

7. Which of the following does the protagonist note as a candidate for a root theory of mathematics?
(a) Euclid’s fifth postulate.
(b) Hilbert’s second thesis.
(c) Newton’s third principle.
(d) Seldon’s psychohistory equations.

8. Which mathematician does the protagonist reference in relation to ones and zeroes?
(a) Dedekind.
(b) Kummer.
(c) Cantor.
(d) Kronecker.

9. With which of the following does IV begin?
(a) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(b) “How have you been?”
(c) “Good morning.”
(d) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”

10. From whom does the protagonist note having stolen cigarettes?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

11. To what city does the protagonist note moving?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Tuscon.
(c) Flagstaff.
(d) Yuma.

12. With which of the following does IV end?
(a) “Because that’s what people do when they’re waiting for the end of something.”
(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.”

13. What thinker does the protagonist note is necessary to the discussion of numbers?
(a) Foucault.
(b) Frege.
(c) Fosworth.
(d) Freire.

14. What scientist does the protagonist note was troubled by the unconscious?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Lamarck.
(c) Nuñez.
(d) Darwin.

15. How many books a day, on average, does the protagonist report having read?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what situation does the protagonist note having been in restraints?

2. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to regard as a fellow student?

3. What is the name of the protagonist’s uncle?

4. With which of the following does the protagonist claim to have fallen in love?

5. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to be unable to escape?

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