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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 180-209.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he always needed, instead of emotions?
(a) Teamwork.
(b) Mathematical truth.
(c) Directives from superiors.
(d) Strict commands.

2. Where does the narrator say Isobel is inviting him when she invites him upstairs?
(a) To a box of dark memories.
(b) To a series of hard conversations.
(c) To an envelope full of bills and responsibilities.
(d) To the alternate reality of sex.

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

4. What does the narrator like about Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
(a) Its focus on the open-ended nature of human experience.
(b) Its love for fellow human beings.
(c) Its respect for absolute decrees.
(d) Its mythical narratives.

5. What is the narrator moved by at Daniel Russell’s funeral?
(a) The mourners’ beautiful singing.
(b) Tabitha’s genuine grief.
(c) Isobel’s generosity toward Tabitha.
(d) His own artificial tears.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?

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

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

5. How does Matt Haig represent the hosts’ speech?

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