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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 is Newton’s reaction to the narrator’s presence?
(a) He bites him.
(b) He does not notice him.
(c) He growls in his sleep.
(d) He wags his tail and licks him.

2. What is it that moves the narrator during Daniel Russell’s dying moments?
(a) Daniel Russell’s stoicism.
(b) Daniel Russell’s fear.
(c) Russell’s wife’s panic.
(d) Russell’s wife’s concern.

3. Where do the narrator and Maggie go from his office?
(a) To a river bank.
(b) To an empty classroom.
(c) To his house.
(d) To a pub.

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

5. What does the narrator find most appalling about humans’ appearance?
(a) Noses.
(b) Lips.
(c) Hair.
(d) Ears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?

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

3. What does the narrator say is the most significant of the human languages he will have to master?

4. How does the narrator justify killing Daniel Russell?

5. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?

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