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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 50-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator’s tone when describing humans?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Irritation.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Bemusement.

2. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?
(a) That they are alone.
(b) That they control their lives.
(c) That they are advanced.
(d) That they are divine.

3. What does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?
(a) Longing for glory.
(b) Lust for power.
(c) Fear of ridicule.
(d) Need for approval.

4. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?
(a) He turns down a money prize for accomplishments in math.
(b) He did not publish his stunning mathematical work during his lifetime.
(c) He donates all the money he wins from math prizes to the poor.
(d) He wins enormous amounts of money for solving mathematical problems.

5. What does Andrew Martin say the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis does for humanity?
(a) Show people their humble origins.
(b) Provide more power.
(c) Bring humanity closer to divinity.
(d) Bring riches to people who understand it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?

2. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?

3. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?

4. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?

5. What causes the narrator to thank someone for the first time in his life?

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