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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 was the protagonist when her father died?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.
2. How long do the protagonist and interlocutor have together after the break in II?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.
3. With which of the following mathematics projects is the protagonist concerned?
(a) Langlands.
(b) Hoccleves.
(c) De Wordes.
(d) Gowers.
4. What was the name of the protagonist’s older brother?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Elijah.
5. Which of the following tracts does the protagonist note having read?
(a) Miscellanea Mathematica.
(b) Alciprhon.
(c) A New Theory of Vision.
(d) Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.
Short Answer Questions
1. With which philosopher does the protagonist associate the wish not to have been?
2. Which of the following mathematicians does the protagonist esteem?
3. In which state does the protagonist have paternal relatives?
4. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the general population is Jewish?
5. How old is Grothendieck reported to be?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the interlocutor remark that it is an oddity to claim Oppenheimer was stupid?
2. What purpose for entertainment does the interlocutor posit?
3. What is implied to have occasioned the interlocutor’s divorce?
4. Why does the protagonist note having reacted badly to her childhood ophthalmologist?
5. How is the protagonist described upon admission to Stella Maris?
6. What opinion of Oppenheimer does the protagonist ascribe to her father?
7. Why does the protagonist report not investing her inheritance?
8. What agreement is implied to exist between the protagonist and interlocutor as the main text of the novel begins?
9. What attitude toward war does the protagonist report?
10. What attitude does the protagonist report her father had toward the use of atomic weapons in World War II?
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