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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. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.
(b) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.
(c) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(d) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.

2. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?
(a) Emmanuel College.
(b) Downing College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Fitzwilliam College.

3. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?
(a) It does not feel like it is beating.
(b) It is beating heavily.
(c) It is beating quick and shallow.
(d) It feels like it could explode.

4. What does the narrator take comfort in, after Gulliver beats him?
(a) Gulliver’s apology.
(b) His pain.
(c) His passivity.
(d) Isobel’s caretaking.

5. What planet does the man in the holding cell say he is from?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Tatooine.
(c) Endor.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator try to get Gulliver to kill himself?

3. What does the narrator say he has done, when he deletes Andrew Martin’s file describing his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?

4. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?

5. What deos the narrator say is the chief purpose of magazines?

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