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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. Which of the following authors does the protagonist note having read?
(a) Hume.
(b) Spinoza.
(c) Locke.
(d) Berkeley.

2. With which of the following mathematics projects is the protagonist concerned?
(a) Hoccleves.
(b) Gowers.
(c) De Wordes.
(d) Langlands.

3. Approximately how much does the Kid weigh?
(a) 50 kilograms.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 50 stone.
(d) 100 pounds.

4. What is the name of Grothendieck’s father?
(a) Ramirez.
(b) Cousteau.
(c) Schapiro.
(d) Grothendieck.

5. On what holiday was the protagonist born?
(a) Cinco de Mayo.
(b) Boxing Day.
(c) Canada Day.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following mathematicians does the protagonist esteem?

2. In what year did the protagonist’s family move to Wartburg?

3. Which of the following, per the novel, carries information between quarks?

4. By whom was the IHES established?

5. What epistemological position does the protagonist claim?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What agreement is implied to exist between the protagonist and interlocutor as the main text of the novel begins?

5. How does the interlocutor note patients surprise him?

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

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

8. In what capacity is the protagonist initially assumed to work at IHES?

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

10. How does the protagonist explain Grothendieck’s activism?

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