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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. What does the narrator say this book is about?
(a) How to become human.
(b) How to fall in love.
(c) How to kill a Vonnadorian.
(d) How to travel through time and space.

2. What does the narrator say he has done, when he deletes Andrew Martin’s file describing his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Saved the universe.
(b) Saved humanity.
(c) Finished his job.
(d) Bought himself time.

3. What does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?
(a) Lust for power.
(b) Need for approval.
(c) Longing for glory.
(d) Fear of ridicule.

4. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?
(a) German shepherd.
(b) Springer spaniel.
(c) Pekinese.
(d) Basset hound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the narrator’s feelings about rain?

2. Who is the narrator’s audience?

3. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?

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

5. What assumption in his audience does the narrator seek to overturn?

(see the answer key)

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