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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 50-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator look at, that gives him the feeling of not being troubled?
(a) A hillside.
(b) The parking lot.
(c) A plant.
(d) A crowd of people at a distance.

2. What interrupts the discussion the narrator is having with Isobel about Andrew Martin’s relationship with his mother?
(a) The postman knocking.
(b) Gulliver coming home.
(c) The phone ringing.
(d) Newton barking.

3. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) War.
(b) Humans.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Mathematics.

4. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Lack of maternal love.
(c) Original sin.
(d) A childhood illness.

5. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?
(a) Humans suppressing their instincts.
(b) Humans acting on their instincts.
(c) Humans harnessing their instincts.
(d) Humans revising their instincts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s mission on Earth?

2. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?

3. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?

4. What does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?

5. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?

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