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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 Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?
(a) Lust for power.
(b) Need for approval.
(c) Fear of ridicule.
(d) Longing for glory.
2. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?
(a) Downing College.
(b) Fitzwilliam College.
(c) Emmanuel College.
(d) Trinity College.
3. What does the narrator say he feels when Isobel tells him that she does not know anything about his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Disappointed.
4. How long is Isobel Martin’s book The Dark Ages?
(a) 917 pages.
(b) 1,253 pages.
(c) 251 pages.
(d) 469 pages.
5. What deos the narrator say is the chief purpose of magazines?
(a) To generate envy in poorer humans.
(b) To provide political updates.
(c) To supplement ethnographic research about how other people live.
(d) To create a sense of inferiority in the reader.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?
2. Where has Andrew Martin taught?
3. How old does Isobel tell the narrator Andrew Martin was, psychologically?
4. What is the first question the narrator feels he has given the right answer to?
5. What does the narrator say this book is about?
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