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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 50-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the pattern Riemann discovered for the first hundred thousand or so prime numbers?
(a) Chaotic and mystifying.
(b) Random and bewildering.
(c) Regular and scientific.
(d) Beautiful and clean.

2. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?
(a) Emmanuel College.
(b) Downing College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Fitzwilliam College.

3. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?
(a) He cuts his finger in the kitchen.
(b) He hits his head in the shower.
(c) He bangs his shin on a coffee table.
(d) He stubs his toe on a door frame.

4. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?
(a) Violence.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Departure.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?

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

3. What is Newton’s reaction to the narrator’s presence?

4. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?

5. Who is the narrator’s audience?

(see the answer key)

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