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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of particle, per the novel, behaves oddly with Stern-Gerlach magnets?
(a) Sodium.
(b) Chlorine.
(c) Radium.
(d) Potassium.

2. Which of the following mathematicians does the protagonist esteem?
(a) Noether.
(b) Lovelace.
(c) Germain.
(d) Kovalevskaya.

3. For how many years does the interlocutor report having been in practice?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. With whom did the protagonist work on violin harmonics?
(a) Quincy Whitney.
(b) Ida Haendel.
(c) Batya MacAdam-Somer.
(d) Carleen Hutchins.

5. In what year did the protagonist’s family move to Wartburg?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the population of mathematicians is Jewish?

2. Where does the protagonist’s mother place in a state beauty contest?

3. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?

4. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the unconscious mind?

5. In which of the following does the protagonist’s father die?

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