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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 conclude after following Gulliver?
(a) That he is preparing for a weightlifting tournament.
(b) That he is dealing drugs.
(c) That he is suicidal.
(d) That he wants to avoid people.

2. What part of the night sky does the narrator say affects humans?
(a) Its darkness.
(b) Its lifelessness.
(c) The brightness of the stars.
(d) Its orderliness.

3. What is the narrator’s favorite primer number?
(a) 7.
(b) 97.
(c) 13.
(d) 617.

4. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?
(a) To teach a class at Cambridge.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) To pick up Gulliver from school.
(d) To visit her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator define human life?

2. Why does the replacement say humans need to be limited in their technology?

3. How does Ari characterize the duration of human history?

4. What does Isobel’s alter ego in her novel say will happen if she solves the mystery of her marriage?

5. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?

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