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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following animals does the protagonist assert knows what is fair?
(a) A fish.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bird.
(d) A dog.

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

3. For how much does the protagonist purchase her violin?
(a) $230,000.
(b) $370,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $160,000.

4. With which of the following does IV end?
(a) “Sorry. Yes. Very close. Time’s up.”
(b) “Because that’s what people do when they’re waiting for the end of something.”
(c) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”
(d) “I don’t know. Yes. You will see me.”

5. Of what background is the interlocutor’s spouse?
(a) Italian.
(b) Romanian.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the protagonist when she arrives at IHES?

2. Which of the following does the protagonist note as a candidate for a root theory of mathematics?

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

4. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the Manhattan Project?

5. For whom, along with Grothendieck, was the IHES established?

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