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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mathematician does the protagonist note had been working on gauge theory?

2. With which of the following does VI begin?

3. Which mathematician does the protagonist reference in relation to ones and zeroes?

4. How old does the protagonist report being when she learned to read?

5. How old was the protagonist when she left home for college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the protagonist indicate people prefer the idea of fate to the idea of chance?

2. What “old saw in racing” does the protagonist report (165-66)?

3. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?

4. Why, per the protagonist, do falling climbers feel peace?

5. Why does the protagonist object to being put on antipsychotic medication?

6. Why does the protagonist assert she would not have been a good counselor?

7. What does the protagonist cite as her chief gripe with mental health professionals?

8. How does the protagonist explain her father’s recourse to alternative medicines?

9. What reason does the protagonist give for not pursuing many romantic relationships?

10. How does the protagonist respond to being asked if she is a sex worker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Stella Maris should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the novel’s title.

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