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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 soft voice.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her smell.

2. What does the narrator say is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?
(a) When they are rich.
(b) When they are mathematicians.
(c) When they are musicians.
(d) When they are painters.

3. What is the first step the narrator takes in killing Daniel Russell?
(a) Paralyzing his jaw.
(b) Stopping his heart.
(c) Paralyzing his hands.
(d) Blinding his eyes.

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

5. What does the narrator say human news ought to be called?
(a) The Dog and Pony show.
(b) The Fame and Embarrassment show.
(c) The Greed and Violence show.
(d) The War and Money show.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gulliver answer when the narrator asks what he was doing at the train tracks?

2. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?

3. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?

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

5. How does the narrator try to get Gulliver to kill himself?

(see the answer key)

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