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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the population of mathematicians is Jewish?

2. By whom was the IHES established?

3. What was the name of the protagonist’s older brother?

4. What eye condition does the protagonist report having had?

5. How old was the protagonist when she left Los Alamos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the protagonist report having little contact with her father’s family?

2. What opinion of Oppenheimer does the protagonist ascribe to her father?

3. How does the interlocutor note patients surprise him?

4. What does the protagonist cite as the incident inciting her seeking admission at Stella Maris?

5. What attitude toward war does the protagonist report?

6. How does the protagonist explain her affinity for mental health inpatients?

7. What is the two-slit experiment?

8. Why does the interlocutor remark that it is an oddity to claim Oppenheimer was stupid?

9. Per the novel, what is a calutron?

10. How is the protagonist described upon admission to Stella Maris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the third most important in the text, after the protagonist and the interlocutor? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Consider adapting Stella Maris into another medium. What medium would be most appropriate for the novel’s adaptation? What in the novel and what qualities of the medium suggest that appropriateness? How do they do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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