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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 Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?
(a) Lust for power.
(b) Longing for glory.
(c) Need for approval.
(d) Fear of ridicule.

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

3. What are the narrator’s feelings about rain?
(a) It makes him nostalgic.
(b) It soothes him.
(c) It silences him.
(d) He hates it.

4. Where has Andrew Martin taught?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?

2. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?

3. Who is the narrator’s audience?

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

5. What interrupts the discussion the narrator is having with Isobel about Andrew Martin’s relationship with his mother?

(see the answer key)

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