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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does III begin?
(a) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(b) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”
(c) “Good morning.”
(d) “How are you doing?”

2. With which of the following does I begin?
(a) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”
(b) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(c) “How have you been?”
(d) “Good morning.”

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

4. How many fire extinguishers is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 70.
(b) 600.
(c) 5.
(d) 8,000.

5. What epistemological position does the protagonist claim?
(a) Solipsist.
(b) Empiricist.
(c) Solecist.
(d) Coherentist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?

2. To which of the following does the novel compare Oppenheimer?

3. What eye condition does the protagonist report having had?

4. In which of the following thinkers was the protagonist’s father interested?

5. How many times prior to the novel had the protagonist been at Stella Maris?

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