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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 25-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?
(a) That he is having an affair with his student.
(b) That he is the smartest human on Earth.
(c) That he is above the law.
(d) That he has just solved the Riemann Hypothesis.

2. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?
(a) Ann Sexton.
(b) Robinson Jeffers.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Rumi.

3. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) War.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Humans.

4. How does Matt Haig represent the hosts’ speech?
(a) Italics.
(b) A different font.
(c) Boldface.
(d) Quotation marks.

5. How does the narrator describe humans?
(a) As familiar.
(b) As alien to him.
(c) As impossible to differentiate between.
(d) As beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find most appalling about humans’ appearance?

2. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?

3. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?

4. What planet does the man in the holding cell say he is from?

5. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?

(see the answer key)

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