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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 everything is, on Earth?
(a) A betrayal.
(b) A test.
(c) A trial.
(d) A tragedy.

2. What is the first question the narrator feels he has given the right answer to?
(a) Whether he likes being married.
(b) Whether he has been under pressure.
(c) Whether he would like to go home.
(d) Whether he is having an affair with a student.

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

4. What is Newton’s reaction to the narrator’s presence?
(a) He does not notice him.
(b) He wags his tail and licks him.
(c) He bites him.
(d) He growls in his sleep.

5. What is it that moves the narrator during Daniel Russell’s dying moments?
(a) Daniel Russell’s fear.
(b) Russell’s wife’s concern.
(c) Russell’s wife’s panic.
(d) Daniel Russell’s stoicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator learn from questioning Gulliver?

2. What effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?

3. How does the narrator characterize Maggie’s gaze?

4. What does the narrator find distinguished about Grigori Perelman?

5. What happens to the narrator after Daniel Russell slaps him on the back?

(see the answer key)

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