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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 25-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deos the narrator say is the chief purpose of magazines?
(a) To supplement ethnographic research about how other people live.
(b) To create a sense of inferiority in the reader.
(c) To provide political updates.
(d) To generate envy in poorer humans.

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

3. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?
(a) Bountiful.
(b) Murky.
(c) Thin.
(d) Stark.

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

5. How does the narrator describe humans?
(a) As familiar.
(b) As impossible to differentiate between.
(c) As alien to him.
(d) As beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find most appalling about humans’ appearance?

2. What planet does the man in the holding cell say he is from?

3. What does the narrator say human news is about?

4. How does Matt Haig represent the hosts’ speech?

5. What is the narrator’s tone when describing humans?

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