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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. What does the narrator find most appalling about humans’ appearance?
(a) Noses.
(b) Lips.
(c) Ears.
(d) Hair.

2. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?
(a) Making love.
(b) Shoplifting.
(c) Being hit by a car.
(d) Being arrested.

3. How does the narrator characterize the pattern Riemann discovered for the first hundred thousand or so prime numbers?
(a) Random and bewildering.
(b) Regular and scientific.
(c) Chaotic and mystifying.
(d) Beautiful and clean.

4. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?
(a) Love.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Departure.
(d) Violence.

5. What does the narrator say is the best way to get someone on your side?
(a) Show them your vulnerability.
(b) Relieve their pain.
(c) Serve them food.
(d) Show them what you stand for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?

2. How old does Isobel tell the narrator Andrew Martin was, psychologically?

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

4. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?

5. What does the narrator attribute Newton’s newfound liveliness to?

(see the answer key)

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