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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. With which historian does the protagonist note conversing?
(a) Richard Duchovny.
(b) Richard Hawkins.
(c) David Hawkins.
(d) David Duchovny.

2. Which of the following does the protagonist note meeting at IHES?
(a) Deligne.
(b) Mumford.
(c) Mostow.
(d) Kazhdan.

3. The protagonist asks for equipment for what table game?
(a) Poker.
(b) Pingpong.
(c) Checkers.
(d) D&D.

4. What make of car does the protagonist’s brother buy?
(a) Cooper.
(b) Lotus.
(c) Ford.
(d) Peterson.

5. How many books does the protagonist estimate having read in her lifetime?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scholar of quantum mechanics does the protagonist note thinking about?

2. To which of the following does the protagonist compare Spengler?

3. How old was the protagonist when she left home for college?

4. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the unconscious mind?

5. How old does the protagonist report being when she learned to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the protagonist note is commonly the most interesting thing about philosophers?

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

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

4. Why does the protagonist distrust her doctoral advisor?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What value does the protagonist note accrues in not writing down ideas?

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