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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 is noted as a friend of the protagonist’s father?
(a) Bremerton.
(b) Bainbridge.
(c) Vashon.
(d) Poulsbo.

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

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

4. Which descriptor does the protagonist posit has been applied to her?
(a) Manialogical.
(b) Hebemaniac.
(c) Phrenological.
(d) Hebephrenic.

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

6. To which honkytonk does the protagonist note having gone?
(a) Gruene Hall.
(b) The Moonlight Diner.
(c) Tootsies Orchid Lounge.
(d) The Broken Spoke.

7. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to be unable to escape?
(a) Wittgenstein.
(b) Plato.
(c) Husserl.
(d) Heidegger.

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

9. With which of the following does VI begin?
(a) “How have you been?”
(b) “How are you doing?”
(c) “Good morning.”
(d) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”

10. Which of the following does the protagonist describe as a “southernism” (149)?
(a) Codswallop.
(b) Hitherto.
(c) Codlock.
(d) Larrupin’.

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

12. What scholar of quantum mechanics does the protagonist note thinking about?
(a) Clauser.
(b) Zellinger.
(c) Bohm.
(d) Aspect.

13. In which city did the protagonist stop on her road-trip?
(a) Olympia.
(b) Boise.
(c) Helena.
(d) Salem.

14. To which of the following does the protagonist compare Spengler?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Schopenhauer.
(d) Kant.

15. How old does the protagonist note being when she first attempted smoking?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the unconscious mind?

2. Where did the protagonist and her brother visit Nina Rindt?

3. With which of the following does V end?

4. What scientist does the protagonist note was troubled by the unconscious?

5. What name does the protagonist give to the “presence beyond the gate” (106)?

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