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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. What does the narrator say is the quintessential experience that defines being on Earth?
(a) Love.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Fear.

2. How does the narrator justify killing Daniel Russell?
(a) It reduces suffering in the universe.
(b) It prevents the spread of misunderstanding.
(c) It puts humans out of their misery.
(d) It saves many lives.

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

4. What is it that moves the narrator during Daniel Russell’s dying moments?
(a) Russell’s wife’s panic.
(b) Daniel Russell’s stoicism.
(c) Russell’s wife’s concern.
(d) Daniel Russell’s fear.

5. What is the first question the narrator feels he has given the right answer to?
(a) Whether he has been under pressure.
(b) Whether he likes being married.
(c) Whether he would like to go home.
(d) Whether he is having an affair with a student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts the discussion the narrator is having with Isobel about Andrew Martin’s relationship with his mother?

2. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?

3. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?

4. What magazine provides the narrator with the basics of English?

5. What do the hosts say the narrator should not interfere with?

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