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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 assumption in his audience does the narrator seek to overturn?
(a) That humanity deserves saving.
(b) That humanity teaches kindness and sympathy.
(c) That humanity is meaningless.
(d) That humanity will save the universe.

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

3. How does Matt Haig represent the hosts’ speech?
(a) Quotation marks.
(b) A different font.
(c) Boldface.
(d) Italics.

4. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?
(a) What’s in it for you?
(b) How will you live without me?
(c) Why do you think I care?
(d) Who’s going to stop me?

5. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?
(a) Humans acting on their instincts.
(b) Humans revising their instincts.
(c) Humans harnessing their instincts.
(d) Humans suppressing their instincts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the hosts say the narrator should not interfere with?

4. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?

5. What does the narrator say everything is, on Earth?

(see the answer key)

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