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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert love about bookstores in September?
(a) He loves watching the students browsing throughout an afternoon.
(b) He loves how empty the bookstores are.
(c) The smell of coffee that wafts outside.
(d) He loves how precisely and quickly students find the books they are looking for.

2. What does Hal discover in the notebook?
(a) A theory of physics.
(b) A proof.
(c) A short story.
(d) A painting.

3. What were the police told when they responded to Catherine's 9-1-1 call?
(a) There was a murder.
(b) There was a robbery.
(c) There was shoot out.
(d) There was a fire.

4. What does Claire think Hal is to Catherine?
(a) She thinks he is her professor.
(b) She thinks he is a police officer.
(c) She thinks he is her best friend.
(d) She thinks he is her boyfriend.

5. Why did Robert keep requesting that Catherine check out library books for him?
(a) He thought that aliens were sending him messages through the Dewey decimal system and was working out the code.
(b) He had a goal to read every single book in the library.
(c) He had a vendetta against the library and wanted to take as many books as possible.
(d) He was building a large model out of library books in his office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hal's state of mind when he met Catherine four years ago?

2. Whose idea was it to have the band play at the house after the funeral?

3. Who thinks Robert should have been put in professional care?

4. What is Catherine wearing at the top of the scene?

5. Who does Hal think has written the proof?

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