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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 human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?
(a) Sushi.
(b) Rice and beans.
(c) Foie gras.
(d) Peanut butter.

2. What is the narrator honest about with Daniel Russell?
(a) Andrew Martin’s proof.
(b) Andrew Martin’s marriage.
(c) His origins.
(d) The existence of life on other planets.

3. How does Daniel Russell greet the narrator?
(a) As the savior of mankind.
(b) As a dirty rascal.
(c) As the second coming.
(d) As a pariah.

4. How does the narrator excuse Gulliver’s violence?
(a) He says that he was only sleepwalking.
(b) He says that Gulliver was defending himself.
(c) He says that it was just Gulliver’s drugs.
(d) He says that he deserved it.

5. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?
(a) Because Newton asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(b) Because Gulliver asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(c) Because Isobel scolds him for his rudeness.
(d) Because he wants to collect more information from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?

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

3. What does the narrator say he feels when Isobel tells him that she does not know anything about his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?

4. How long does Isobel say it has been since Andrew Martin liked Gulliver?

5. What is the title of Isobel’s novel?

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