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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Catherine and Hal feel at the top of the scene?
(a) Neither of them remember what happened last night.
(b) Very happy with each other and planning a wedding.
(c) They absolutely despise each other.
(d) Awkward toward each other.

2. Why does Hal attempt to steal the notebook?
(a) He wants to wrap it, and give it to Catherine as a birthday present.
(b) He wants to publish the ideas in the notebook as his own.
(c) He wants to keep the notebook for sentimental reasons.
(d) He plans to sell the notebook and make a profit.

3. Who is Sophie Germain?
(a) A woman who published great mathematical works under a pseudonym during the French Revolution.
(b) A woman whose husband stole her ideas and published her work under his name.
(c) A woman who teaches at the University of Chicago and was very close to Robert.
(d) A woman Catherine previously thought was her mother.

4. Why did Claire stay up so late?
(a) She could not sleep.
(b) She got caught with the physicists, and all her friends went home.
(c) She was arguing with Catherine.
(d) She was working on a very important paper.

5. In her conversation with Robert, why is Catherine worried?
(a) She thinks she heard an intruder.
(b) She thinks her mortgage payment may be overdue.
(c) She has lost her drivers' license.
(d) She thinks she may inherit the same illness as her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Claire given Catherine to wear to the funeral?

2. How does Catherine know about Sophie Germain?

3. Who interrupts Catherine and Robert's conversation?

4. What instrument does Hal play?

5. Why does Hal say some of the older mathematicians use amphetamines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hal try to take the notebook?

2. How does Hal describe the mathematicians at his conferences?

3. What does Catherine give to Hal that morning? Where has Catherine been keeping the object ?

4. Describe how Catherine treats the police when they arrive.

5. Who is Sophie Germain?

6. Why is Claire so worried when Catherine cannot explain the police presence at the house the night before?

7. What does Claire plan to do with the house?

8. Why is Hal's entrance at the end of the scene helpful for Catherine?

9. Describe Hal's mood the morning after he and Catherine sleep together.

10. Describe Catherine's reaction when she discovers the notebook.

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