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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 she left home for college?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

2. How old is the interlocutor’s daughter?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

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

4. In what Kansas city is the protagonist asked if she is a sex worker?
(a) Wichita.
(b) Topeka.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Manhattan.

5. Where did the protagonist and her brother visit Nina Rindt?
(a) Lucerne.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Bern.
(d) Geneva.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which honkytonk does the protagonist note having gone?

3. In what year does the protagonist’s family arrive at Ellis Island?

4. From what hotel does the protagonist’s brother call her with news about their father?

5. Against whom does the protagonist rail in describing her regard for her brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the protagonist respond to being asked if she is a sex worker?

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

5. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?

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

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

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

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

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

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