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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 Hawkins.
(b) David Hawkins.
(c) David Duchovny.
(d) Richard Duchovny.

2. What is the title of the chapter in Spengler that attracts the protagonist’s attention?
(a) “Enumerating Infinity.”
(b) “The Meaning of Numbers.”
(c) “Rise of the South.”
(d) “The Idea of Zero.”

3. Which of the following is the name of one of the protagonist’s hallucinations?
(a) Miss Miriam.
(b) Miss Piggy.
(c) Miss Scarlet.
(d) Miss Vivian.

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

5. What mathematician does the protagonist note had been working on gauge theory?
(a) Agolde.
(b) Lee.
(c) Carhartt.
(d) Levi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the interlocutor’s daughter’s name?

2. With which of the following does VI end?

3. How many books does the protagonist estimate having read in her lifetime?

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

5. Which of the following do the interlocutor and his wife do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?

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

7. Why does the protagonist distrust her doctoral advisor?

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

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