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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. Where did the protagonist and her brother visit Nina Rindt?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Bern.
(c) Lucerne.
(d) Zurich.
2. Which of the following does the protagonist claim to be unable to escape?
(a) Heidegger.
(b) Wittgenstein.
(c) Plato.
(d) Husserl.
3. In what situation does the protagonist note having been in restraints?
(a) Prestidigitation.
(b) Electroshock therapy.
(c) Incarceration.
(d) Biofeedback therapy.
4. In what part of the brain does the protagonist posit the unconscious resides?
(a) Locus ceruleus.
(b) Amygdala.
(c) Corpus callosum.
(d) Thalamus.
5. The protagonist asks for equipment for what table game?
(a) D&D.
(b) Pingpong.
(c) Poker.
(d) Checkers.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is the interlocutor’s daughter?
2. What is the title of the chapter in Spengler that attracts the protagonist’s attention?
3. Against whom does the protagonist rail in describing her regard for her brother?
4. How far from ground zero at a nuclear test site had the protagonist’s father been?
5. Which of the following composers does the protagonist esteem?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?
2. What reason does the protagonist give for not pursuing many romantic relationships?
3. Why does the protagonist assert she would not have been a good counselor?
4. How does the protagonist report initially attempting to distract herself from her hallucinations?
5. What “old saw in racing” does the protagonist report (165-66)?
6. What value does the protagonist note accrues in not writing down ideas?
7. What does the interlocutor posit should be the defining image of the age in which he lives?
8. What does the protagonist cite as her chief gripe with mental health professionals?
9. Per the novel, what is a prestige?
10. What is the subject of the paper the protagonist sent Grothendieck in advance of arriving at IHES (136)?
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