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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 210-230; Part 3, pages 231-246.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Ari when Ari comes to visit him after he is attacked?
(a) That he has broken off with Maggie.
(b) That he is from another planet.
(c) That he did solve the Riemann Hypothesis.
(d) That football is boring.

2. Why does the narrator say he does not like wearing clothes?
(a) They are embarrassing.
(b) They are not geometrical enough.
(c) He prefers glorious nakedness.
(d) They chafe.

3. Why does the narrator say he did not tell Gulliver to stop, when Gulliver started to beat him?
(a) He was willing to be killed rather than let Isobel and Gulliver be killed.
(b) He wanted to make it look like self-defense.
(c) He could not breathe with Gulliver’s hand on his throat.
(d) He wanted to see what human violence was like.

4. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.
(b) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(c) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.
(d) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.

5. Where does the narrator follow Gulliver to, when he sees him during school hours?
(a) The train tracks.
(b) The city center.
(c) The highway.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator try to get Gulliver to kill himself?

2. Where does the narrator say that love stems from?

3. How does the narrator characterize his feelings before making love with Isobel?

4. Why does the narrator want to replace the purple sofa?

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

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