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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 will the consequence be, if the narrator surrenders his gifts?
(a) He will start to decompose in Earth’s atmosphere.
(b) He will never be able to return home.
(c) He will have to start again as a human child.
(d) He will never become fully human.

2. What music does the narrator play, when he feels lonely in the house?
(a) Bizet’s Carmen.
(b) Holst’s The Planets.
(c) Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
(d) Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

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

4. What does the narrator say is the most significant of the human languages he will have to master?
(a) The language of silent moments.
(b) The language of frowns.
(c) The language of eyebrows.
(d) The language of sighs.

5. How does the narrator characterize sex with Isobel?
(a) Physical gratification devoid of any abstraction.
(b) Electro-chemical magnetism.
(c) Bio-emotional phosphorescence.
(d) Physical incarnation of mathematical laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?

2. What does the narrator say love allows humans to do?

3. How does the narrator characterize human love?

4. Where does the narrator say Isobel is inviting him when she invites him upstairs?

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

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