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

2. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?
(a) He turns down a money prize for accomplishments in math.
(b) He donates all the money he wins from math prizes to the poor.
(c) He did not publish his stunning mathematical work during his lifetime.
(d) He wins enormous amounts of money for solving mathematical problems.

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?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Disappointed.

4. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?
(a) Basset hound.
(b) German shepherd.
(c) Pekinese.
(d) Springer spaniel.

5. What does the narrator say he has done, when he deletes Andrew Martin’s file describing his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Bought himself time.
(b) Finished his job.
(c) Saved the universe.
(d) Saved humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?

2. What does the narrator say human news is about?

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

4. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?

5. What are blue lights a sign of, in the narrator’s experience?

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