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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 old does Isobel tell the narrator Andrew Martin was, psychologically?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 9 years old.

2. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) War.
(d) Humans.

3. What is the narrator’s mission on Earth?
(a) Gather information.
(b) Enhance human mathematics.
(c) Provide regular reports about political events.
(d) Destroy evidence.

4. What magazine provides the narrator with the basics of English?
(a) Wired.
(b) Ladies Home Journal.
(c) Cosmopolitan.
(d) Playboy.

5. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?
(a) That he is above the law.
(b) That he is having an affair with his student.
(c) That he is the smartest human on Earth.
(d) That he has just solved the Riemann Hypothesis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Matt Haig represent the hosts’ speech?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?

(see the answer key)

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