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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 118-148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that the narrator appreciates about Isobel, as she tends his wounds?
(a) Her nose.
(b) Her smell.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her soft voice.

2. What color does the narrator say Gulliver is dressed in, when he interrupts him on the phone?
(a) Gold.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Purple.

3. Where does the narrator follow Gulliver to, when he sees him during school hours?
(a) The train tracks.
(b) The city center.
(c) The river.
(d) The highway.

4. How does the narrator characterize the pattern Riemann discovered for the first hundred thousand or so prime numbers?
(a) Regular and scientific.
(b) Chaotic and mystifying.
(c) Random and bewildering.
(d) Beautiful and clean.

5. What does the narrator say is the color of home?
(a) Maroon.
(b) Violet.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say must be a chief cause of sexual relationships on earth?

2. How does Gulliver characterize the effect the narrator’s arrest for nakedness has had on his life?

3. What does the narrator find distinguished about Grigori Perelman?

4. What does the narrator say is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?

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

(see the answer key)

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