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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 trait does the narrator say makes up for the humans’ lack of physical attractiveness?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their compassion.
(c) Their rationality.
(d) Their gullibility.

2. How does Daniel Russell greet the narrator?
(a) As the second coming.
(b) As a dirty rascal.
(c) As the savior of mankind.
(d) As a pariah.

3. What does the narrator say when Isobel describes the early days of her courtship with Andrew Martin?
(a) He must have loved you.
(b) I really loved you then.
(c) Those people are dead, now.
(d) That was a lifetime ago.

4. What does Andrew Martin say the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis does for humanity?
(a) Bring riches to people who understand it.
(b) Show people their humble origins.
(c) Bring humanity closer to divinity.
(d) Provide more power.

5. What is the narrator moved by at Daniel Russell’s funeral?
(a) Isobel’s generosity toward Tabitha.
(b) Tabitha’s genuine grief.
(c) His own artificial tears.
(d) The mourners’ beautiful singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say human news ought to be called?

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

3. What does Kierkegaard say a man must pass through, to arrive at the perfection of everything human?

4. How does the narrator characterize human love?

5. What is the facet of prime numbers that makes them consoling to the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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