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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 does the protagonist note meeting at IHES?

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

3. Near what city does the protagonist note having wanted to live?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than psychological fiction might Stella Maris be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Stella Maris features only limited paratext, being almost completely consistent in formatting throughout the novel. Only the front matter and back matter vary. What effect does this have upon the reading, and how does the effect come across from the reading?

Essay Topic 3

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

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