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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 180-209.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?
(a) Emmanuel College.
(b) Downing College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Fitzwilliam College.

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

3. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?
(a) It is beating heavily.
(b) It feels like it could explode.
(c) It is beating quick and shallow.
(d) It does not feel like it is beating.

4. What interrupts the discussion the narrator is having with Isobel about Andrew Martin’s relationship with his mother?
(a) Gulliver coming home.
(b) Newton barking.
(c) The phone ringing.
(d) The postman knocking.

5. What is it that makes the narrator sick the day after killing Daniel Russell?
(a) The chicken Isobel cooked him.
(b) The air he is breathing.
(c) Nostalgia for home.
(d) The memory of Russell’s dying face.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is life like for the narrator after he loses his gifts?

3. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?

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

5. What do the hosts say will happen if the narrator cannot complete his mission?

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