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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) 45.
(b) 43.
(c) 46.
(d) 44.

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

3. With which of the following does I begin?
(a) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(b) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”
(c) “Good morning.”
(d) “How have you been?”

4. With which of the following did the protagonist’s father work?
(a) Copperfield.
(b) Angel.
(c) Penn.
(d) Teller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of particle, per the novel, behaves oddly with Stern-Gerlach magnets?

2. How old was the protagonist when her father died?

3. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the general population is Jewish?

4. To what kind of athlete does the protagonist compare the Kid?

5. By whom was the IHES established?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the two-slit experiment?

3. How does the protagonist argue that the Stanford-Binet test is racist?

4. What, per the novel, is Gabelsberger?

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

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

7. What vice does the protagonist admit to having?

8. How does the interlocutor note patients surprise him?

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

10. Per the novel, what is a calutron?

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