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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 does the narrator say happens when everything becomes alien?
(a) The breakdown begins.
(b) The alien becomes familiar.
(c) Reason emerges.
(d) It is time to go.

2. What does the narrator say he always needed, instead of emotions?
(a) Mathematical truth.
(b) Directives from superiors.
(c) Strict commands.
(d) Teamwork.

3. How do the narrator’s hosts characterize human beings?
(a) The simplest of problems.
(b) The shallowest of mysteries.
(c) The most tedious of freedoms.
(d) The least forgivable of criminals.

4. What does the narrator like about Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
(a) Its love for fellow human beings.
(b) Its mythical narratives.
(c) Its respect for absolute decrees.
(d) Its focus on the open-ended nature of human experience.

5. What does the narrator offer the hosts as a justification for not killing Isobel and Gulliver?
(a) Their deaths are mathematically superfluous.
(b) Their deaths will arouse suspicions.
(c) He has a chance of truly seeing them.
(d) Their innocence will stain the Vonnadorians’ consciences.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator’s suggestion to Isobel, regarding Gulliver?

4. What does the narrator attribute Newton’s newfound liveliness to?

5. How does the narrator characterize dogs?

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