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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 97-117.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Daniel Russell greet the narrator?
(a) As the savior of mankind.
(b) As the second coming.
(c) As a pariah.
(d) As a dirty rascal.

2. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Omega.
(b) Zeta.
(c) Alpha.
(d) Iota.

3. What do the hosts say will happen if the narrator cannot complete his mission?
(a) They will kill him as well as Isobel and Gulliver.
(b) They will start killing exponentially larger numbers of people.
(c) He will be recalled violently.
(d) They will send a replacement.

4. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?
(a) Its patterns.
(b) Its contradictions.
(c) Its orderliness.
(d) Its clear laws.

5. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?
(a) It gives him a satisfying blindness.
(b) It gives him the pleasure of counting.
(c) It gives him a strange, satisfying agitation.
(d) It gives him nostalgia for home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find distinguished about Grigori Perelman?

2. What is Newton’s reaction to the narrator’s presence?

3. Why does the narrator say he does not like wearing clothes?

4. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?

5. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?

(see the answer key)

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