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

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

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

4. Of what background is the interlocutor’s spouse?
(a) Italian.
(b) Polish.
(c) German.
(d) Romanian.

5. Which personality assessment had the protagonist sat for in the past?
(a) OCEAN.
(b) NEO-PI.
(c) MMPI.
(d) Myers-Briggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what facility had the protagonist’s mother worked?

2. In what field of mathematics does the protagonist report having worked?

3. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?

4. With which of the following does II end?

5. What eye condition does the protagonist report having had?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist note arriving at the Kid’s height?

2. How is the protagonist described upon admission to Stella Maris?

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

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

5. How does the protagonist purpose to protect the violin she buys?

6. Why does the protagonist report having little contact with her father’s family?

7. What attitude toward war does the protagonist report?

8. What opinion of Oppenheimer does the protagonist ascribe to her father?

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

10. How does the protagonist explain the decision to commit herself, rather than to be committed?

(see the answer keys)

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