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

2. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?
(a) That he has just solved the Riemann Hypothesis.
(b) That he is having an affair with his student.
(c) That he is above the law.
(d) That he is the smartest human on Earth.

3. What assumption in his audience does the narrator seek to overturn?
(a) That humanity deserves saving.
(b) That humanity is meaningless.
(c) That humanity will save the universe.
(d) That humanity teaches kindness and sympathy.

4. What is the narrator’s mission on Earth?
(a) Destroy evidence.
(b) Provide regular reports about political events.
(c) Gather information.
(d) Enhance human mathematics.

5. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?
(a) Bountiful.
(b) Murky.
(c) Stark.
(d) Thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator’s audience?

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

3. What effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?

4. What is the first question the narrator feels he has given the right answer to?

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

(see the answer key)

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