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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 the narrator injure himself in the house?
(a) He stubs his toe on a door frame.
(b) He hits his head in the shower.
(c) He bangs his shin on a coffee table.
(d) He cuts his finger in the kitchen.

2. What does the narrator say everything is, on Earth?
(a) A trial.
(b) A test.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) A betrayal.

3. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?
(a) Because he wants to collect more information from her.
(b) Because Newton asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(c) Because Isobel scolds him for his rudeness.
(d) Because Gulliver asks him why he did not say goodbye.

4. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?
(a) To visit her mother.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) To pick up Gulliver from school.
(d) To teach a class at Cambridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?

2. What does the narrator say is the most significant of the human languages he will have to master?

3. What does the narrator say is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?

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

5. What does the narrator say human news is about?

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