View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What planet does the man in the holding cell say he is from?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Tatooine.
(c) Venus.
(d) Endor.

2. What causes the narrator to thank someone for the first time in his life?
(a) Zӧe compliments him.
(b) Gulliver says he hope he is feeling better.
(c) Isobel brings him a sandwich.
(d) Ari gives him a ride home.

3. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?
(a) Distrust and suspicion.
(b) Mutual regard.
(c) Deep hostility.
(d) Indifference.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?

2. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?

3. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?

4. What does Andrew Martin say the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis does for humanity?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample