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

2. When is Claire's wedding, and where?
(a) August, in Boston.
(b) November, in Miami.
(c) January, in New York City.
(d) June, in Chicago.

3. How old was Robert when his illness began?
(a) Twenty-three or twenty-four.
(b) Fifty-five or fifty-six.
(c) Thirty or thirty-one.
(d) Sixteen or seventeen.

4. Why is Hal hesitant after Catherine asks him about sex at the Conference?
(a) He dislikes her and does not want to talk about sex.
(b) He is not sure if she likes him, and plans to give her a lie detector test to find out.
(c) He is not sure that she is flirting with him, and does not want to make a bad impression.
(d) He dislikes her and is thinking of a way to leave.

5. What mathematical principle is associated with Sophie Germain?
(a) Germain Quarters.
(b) Germain Algebra.
(c) Germain Primes.
(d) Germain Angles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Hal play?

2. Why is Claire concerned after speaking with the policemen?

3. Who apologizes to whom about the events from the night before? (i.e., the fight, the 9-1-1 call, and the attempted theft)?

4. Why is Hal at the house in Scene 1?

5. What organic chemical(s) is contained in the beauty product Claire wishes Catherine to try?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Hal and Catherine first meet?

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

3. Describe the general mood at the house after Robert's funeral.

4. Does Hal think he will still have the next great mathematical revelation?

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

6. Why does Hal try to take the notebook?

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

8. Why is Hal sensitive about getting older?

9. Robert was a graphomaniac. What does that mean?

10. Why does Catherine demand to see Hal's backpack? Does she find anything?

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