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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. In which of the following does the protagonist’s father die?
(a) Lake Tahoe.
(b) El Paso.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Juárez.

2. In what year does the protagonist’s family arrive at Ellis Island?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1868.

3. Which of the following made the protagonist’s violin?
(a) Amati.
(b) Da Salo.
(c) Stradivari.
(d) Guarneri.

4. How old was the protagonist when she left home for college?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

5. Which of the following composers does the protagonist esteem?
(a) Bach.
(b) Berlioz.
(c) Brahms.
(d) Beethoven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thinker does the protagonist note is necessary to the discussion of numbers?

2. Which of the following is noted as a friend of the protagonist’s father?

3. How far from ground zero at a nuclear test site had the protagonist’s father been?

4. Which of the following does the protagonist note meeting at IHES?

5. In what Kansas city is the protagonist asked if she is a sex worker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, per the protagonist, do falling climbers feel peace?

2. What is the subject of the paper the protagonist sent Grothendieck in advance of arriving at IHES (136)?

3. What does the protagonist cite as her chief gripe with mental health professionals?

4. What “old saw in racing” does the protagonist report (165-66)?

5. Per the novel, what is a prestige?

6. What reason does the protagonist give for not pursuing many romantic relationships?

7. What does the interlocutor posit should be the defining image of the age in which he lives?

8. Why does the protagonist note she was less disturbed at their father’s death than her brother was?

9. What doubt about the protagonist does the interlocutor voice?

10. How does the interlocutor explain the proscription against potentially entangling items at Stella Maris?

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