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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 71-96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?
(a) Rumi.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Robinson Jeffers.
(d) Ann Sexton.

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

3. How does Isobel respond, when the narrator asks her if their marriage has been a bad one?
(a) She tells him to eat his sandwich.
(b) She starts to laugh.
(c) She weeps and throws a glass at him.
(d) She gets up and leaves the room.

4. What does Andrew Martin say the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis does for humanity?
(a) Show people their humble origins.
(b) Bring riches to people who understand it.
(c) Provide more power.
(d) Bring humanity closer to divinity.

5. Where is Gulliver’s room in Andrew Martin’s house?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) On the first floor.
(d) In a turret.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the narrator to thank someone for the first time in his life?

3. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?

4. How does the narrator describe humans?

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

(see the answer key)

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