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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 everything is, on Earth?
(a) A betrayal.
(b) A test.
(c) A trial.
(d) A tragedy.

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

3. How does the narrator describe humans?
(a) As beautiful.
(b) As familiar.
(c) As alien to him.
(d) As impossible to differentiate between.

4. Who is the narrator’s audience?
(a) Venusians.
(b) Vonnadorians.
(c) Humans.
(d) Isobel and Gulliver Martin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he feels when Isobel tells him that she does not know anything about his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?

2. What deos the narrator say is the chief purpose of magazines?

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

4. What does the narrator say is the quintessential experience that defines being on Earth?

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

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