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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 149-179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) War.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Humans.

2. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Mutual regard.
(c) Deep hostility.
(d) Distrust and suspicion.

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

4. What color does the narrator say Gulliver is dressed in, when he interrupts him on the phone?
(a) Purple.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say happens when everything becomes alien?

2. Where does the narrator follow Gulliver to, when he sees him during school hours?

3. How does Isobel respond, when the narrator asks her if their marriage has been a bad one?

4. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?

5. What is the narrator honest about with Daniel Russell?

(see the answer key)

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