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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following admits the protagonist to Stella Maris?
(a) Dr. Ruth.
(b) Dr. Cohen.
(c) Dr. Horowitz.
(d) Dr. Wegner.

3. How old is the protagonist’s brother when their mother dies?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

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

5. By whom was the IHES established?
(a) Motchane.
(b) Poincaré.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Motchane.

6. In what state is Stella Maris?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Illinois.

7. Which of the following, per the novel, carries information between quarks?
(a) Gluon.
(b) Boson.
(c) Meson.
(d) Photon.

8. From what catalog does the protagonist buy a violin?
(a) Aiken.
(b) Christie.
(c) Sotheby.
(d) Bonhams.

9. What school does the protagonist note having attended?
(a) St. Helen’s.
(b) St. Brigid’s.
(c) St. Ruth’s.
(d) St. Mary’s.

10. Where does the protagonist’s mother place in a state beauty contest?
(a) Third.
(b) She was disqualified.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

11. How many bathtubs is Los Alamos reported to have?
(a) 600.
(b) 70.
(c) 5.
(d) 8000.

12. How many caultrons were in use?
(a) 1512.
(b) 1215.
(c) 2511.
(d) 1152.

13. From where did the protagonist’s family move to Wartburg?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Carter.
(d) Bush.

14. Which of the following pieces does the protagonist first play on her violin?
(a) Wagner’s Traume.
(b) Bach’s Chaconne in d minor.
(c) Mozart’s Sonata in e minor.
(d) Brahms’s Hungarian Dance 5 in g minor.

15. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Parmenides.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Grothendieck lead?

2. In what year is the protagonist admitted to Stella Maris?

3. How old is Grothendieck reported to be?

4. Which of the following computer scientists does the protagonist claim to admire?

5. How long after the protagonist’s mother died did her father die?

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