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

2. What human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?
(a) Sushi.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Rice and beans.
(d) Foie gras.

3. How does the narrator try to get Gulliver to kill himself?
(a) By taking pills.
(b) By falling down the stairs.
(c) By slitting his wrists.
(d) By hanging himself.

4. What does the narrator say is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?
(a) When they are musicians.
(b) When they are painters.
(c) When they are mathematicians.
(d) When they are rich.

5. What is the narrator’s favorite primer number?
(a) 97.
(b) 13.
(c) 617.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the pattern Riemann discovered for the first hundred thousand or so prime numbers?

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

3. How long is Isobel Martin’s book The Dark Ages?

4. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?

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

(see the answer key)

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