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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. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?
(a) Ann Sexton.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Robinson Jeffers.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

2. What does the narrator say he feels when Isobel tells him that she does not know anything about his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Relieved.

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

4. What does the narrator look at, that gives him the feeling of not being troubled?
(a) A crowd of people at a distance.
(b) A plant.
(c) The parking lot.
(d) A hillside.

5. What does the narrator say human news ought to be called?
(a) The Fame and Embarrassment show.
(b) The Dog and Pony show.
(c) The Greed and Violence show.
(d) The War and Money show.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?

2. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?

3. Who is the narrator’s audience?

4. What is the narrator’s mission on Earth?

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

(see the answer key)

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