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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 happened to cause Andrew Martin to stop liking his son?
(a) Gulliver was arrested for smoking pot.
(b) Gulliver got in a bad car wreck.
(c) Gulliver ran away from home.
(d) Gulliver was expelled from school for arson.

2. What is the narrator’s suggestion to Isobel, regarding Gulliver?
(a) Send him to boarding school.
(b) Punish him.
(c) Accept him.
(d) Discipline him.

3. What trait does the narrator say makes up for the humans’ lack of physical attractiveness?
(a) Their compassion.
(b) Their rationality.
(c) Their gullibility.
(d) Their intelligence.

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

5. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?
(a) He did not publish his stunning mathematical work during his lifetime.
(b) He donates all the money he wins from math prizes to the poor.
(c) He wins enormous amounts of money for solving mathematical problems.
(d) He turns down a money prize for accomplishments in math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s tone when describing humans?

2. Why does Ari say that the idea of aliens can only be enjoyed as fiction?

3. What does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?

4. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?

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

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