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

2. Which of the following does the protagonist describe as a “southernism” (149)?
(a) Codlock.
(b) Hitherto.
(c) Larrupin’.
(d) Codswallop.

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

4. Which mathematician does the protagonist reference in relation to ones and zeroes?
(a) Cantor.
(b) Kummer.
(c) Kronecker.
(d) Dedekind.

5. How long were the interlocutor and his wife divorced?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the protagonist ascribe to the Kid?

3. What make of car does the protagonist’s brother buy?

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

5. With which of the following does V begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?

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

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

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

5. How does the protagonist report initially attempting to distract herself from her hallucinations?

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

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

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

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

10. What purpose does the protagonist posit for her dominant hallucination from early in her experience with it?

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