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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. Which of the following had placed the protagonist on suicide watch?

2. Which of the following does the protagonist note as a candidate for a root theory of mathematics?

3. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to be unable to escape?

4. Which of the following is the name of one of the protagonist’s hallucinations?

5. What is the title of the chapter in Spengler that attracts the protagonist’s attention?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what reason does the novel note the protagonist had previously been placed on suicide watch?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the framing device at work in the novel. How does it function? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the novel’s title.

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