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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. How long is Isobel Martin’s book The Dark Ages?
(a) 917 pages.
(b) 251 pages.
(c) 469 pages.
(d) 1,253 pages.

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

3. What does Isobel’s alter ego in her novel say will happen if she solves the mystery of her marriage?
(a) She will need to solve herself.
(b) The marriage will enter a crisis.
(c) She will have to renew her vows.
(d) The love will end.

4. How do the narrator’s hosts characterize human beings?
(a) The simplest of problems.
(b) The least forgivable of criminals.
(c) The shallowest of mysteries.
(d) The most tedious of freedoms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine provides the narrator with the basics of English?

2. What is the title of Isobel’s novel?

3. What book does the narrator see on Gulliver’s bed?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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