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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Claire believe Catherine about the proof?
(a) She thinks Catherine is emotionally unstable.
(b) She wrote the proof herself.
(c) She knows that Catherine is terrible at mathematics.
(d) She knows that Robert wrote the proof--he told her before his death.

2. Why is Claire selling the house?
(a) She has no regard for anything but money.
(b) She hates the house and always has.
(c) She wants to help Catherine, and feels this is the only way.
(d) She cannot think of anything else to do with it.

3. At the end of the scene what doesn't Robert want Catherine to do?
(a) He does not want her to go inside.
(b) He does not want her to go on a walk.
(c) He does not want her to leave.
(d) He does not want her to stay.

4. What does Robert ask Catherine to do?
(a) He asks her to stay out of his research.
(b) He asks her to leave him alone.
(c) He asks her to move back home.
(d) He asks her to work with him.

5. Why was Catherine's drawer locked?
(a) The drawer contains Robert's greatest works.
(b) The drawer is a place where she keeps private things.
(c) The key to the drawer has long been lost.
(d) The drawer is full of important legal documents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Claire related to Catherine?

2. What does Claire concede to Hal at the end of their conversation?

3. Why does Claire give the object to Hal?

4. Does Hal think he can help Catherine?

5. How many notebooks did Robert leave behind?

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