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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the protagonist’s brother when their mother dies?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

2. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 600.
(b) 70.
(c) 5.
(d) 8000.

3. How long after the protagonist’s mother died did her father die?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four years.

4. How old was the protagonist when she left Los Alamos?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

5. Which of the following thinkers does the protagonist cite in discussing music?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Kant.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Schopenhauer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the interlocutor report being?

2. For how many years does the interlocutor report having been in practice?

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

4. What epistemological position does the protagonist claim?

5. In what year is the protagonist admitted to Stella Maris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the two-slit experiment?

2. What purpose for entertainment does the interlocutor posit?

3. How does the protagonist know that her fellow inpatients know she does not belong among them?

4. What compelled the protagonist’s family to move to Wartburg?

5. Why does the interlocutor remark that it is an oddity to claim Oppenheimer was stupid?

6. What is the significance of the Fields Medal?

7. What does the protagonist cite as the incident inciting her seeking admission at Stella Maris?

8. Why was the protagonist’s father away from home when she was born?

9. What attitude does the protagonist report her father had toward the use of atomic weapons in World War II?

10. Why did the protagonist’s father hide his first marriage?

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