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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 is the name of the protagonist’s uncle?
(a) Royal.
(b) Baron.
(c) Duke.
(d) Earl.

2. To which of the following does the protagonist compare Spengler?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Schopenhauer.
(d) Kant.

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

4. Which of the following had placed the protagonist on suicide watch?
(a) Dr. Ruth.
(b) Dr. Cohen.
(c) Dr. Wegner.
(d) Dr. Horowitz.

5. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to be unable to escape?
(a) Plato.
(b) Wittgenstein.
(c) Husserl.
(d) Heidegger.

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist asks for equipment for what table game?

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

3. To what city does the protagonist note moving?

4. How many books a day, on average, does the protagonist report having read?

5. In which city did the protagonist stop on her road-trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hope in solving topological problems does the protagonist note?

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

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

4. Why does the protagonist object to being put on antipsychotic medication?

5. Why does the protagonist indicate people prefer the idea of fate to the idea of chance?

6. Per the novel, what is a prestige?

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

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

9. Why does the protagonist assert she would not have been a good counselor?

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

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