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

2. In what year was Stella Maris established?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1902.
(d) 2020.

3. What does the protagonist note was the average age of the Manhattan Project scientists?
(a) 38.
(b) 26.
(c) 30.
(d) 34.

4. As what was the research facility where the protagonist’s parents met known?
(a) Portrero.
(b) Dogpatch.
(c) Nob Hill.
(d) Dolores.

5. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procedure does the protagonist note had been performed on Rosemary Kennedy?

2. With which of the following does I begin?

3. For whom, along with Grothendieck, was the IHES established?

4. With which of the following does III end?

5. With which of the following does I end?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the Fields Medal?

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

4. What attitude toward war does the protagonist report?

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

6. What is the two-slit experiment?

7. Why does the protagonist consider music an exception to the rules governing other things?

8. What vice does the protagonist admit to having?

9. Why does the protagonist note having reacted badly to her childhood ophthalmologist?

10. What reason is given for Grothendieck leaving the IHES?

(see the answer keys)

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