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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. What causes the narrator to thank someone for the first time in his life?
(a) Ari gives him a ride home.
(b) Zӧe compliments him.
(c) Gulliver says he hope he is feeling better.
(d) Isobel brings him a sandwich.

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 turns down a money prize for accomplishments in math.
(c) He wins enormous amounts of money for solving mathematical problems.
(d) He did not publish his stunning mathematical work during his lifetime.

3. What do the hosts say will happen if the narrator cannot complete his mission?
(a) They will start killing exponentially larger numbers of people.
(b) They will kill him as well as Isobel and Gulliver.
(c) He will be recalled violently.
(d) They will send a replacement.

4. What does the narrator say love allows humans to do?
(a) Defy the messiness of life.
(b) Live in a single moment.
(c) Live forever.
(d) Defy death.

5. Who said that if you put your hand on a stove, a minute feels like an hour, but sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it feels like just a minute?
(a) Feynman.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Newton.
(d) Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say gives him the closest approximation of space?

2. What human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?

3. What does the narrator say is the best way to get someone on your side?

4. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?

5. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?

(see the answer key)

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