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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 97-117.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he does not like wearing clothes?
(a) They chafe.
(b) They are embarrassing.
(c) He prefers glorious nakedness.
(d) They are not geometrical enough.

2. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?
(a) Humans suppressing their instincts.
(b) Humans acting on their instincts.
(c) Humans revising their instincts.
(d) Humans harnessing their instincts.

3. What does the narrator say is the quintessential experience that defines being on Earth?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Love.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Fear.

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

5. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?
(a) What’s in it for you?
(b) How will you live without me?
(c) Who’s going to stop me?
(d) Why do you think I care?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he has for the first time after killing Daniel Russell?

2. What does the narrator attribute Newton’s newfound liveliness to?

3. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?

4. What effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?

5. What is it that makes the narrator sick the day after killing Daniel Russell?

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