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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. Where does the narrator say that love stems from?
(a) The possibility of pain.
(b) The inevitability of death.
(c) The depths of grief.
(d) The heat of desire.

2. What does the narrator say love allows humans to do?
(a) Defy the messiness of life.
(b) Live in a single moment.
(c) Defy death.
(d) Live forever.

3. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?
(a) Thin.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Murky.
(d) Stark.

4. How does the narrator excuse Gulliver’s violence?
(a) He says that it was just Gulliver’s drugs.
(b) He says that he deserved it.
(c) He says that he was only sleepwalking.
(d) He says that Gulliver was defending himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?

2. What does the narrator take comfort in, after Gulliver beats him?

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

4. What is the consequence for the narrator, of bringing Gulliver back to life?

5. What does the narrator say gives him the closest approximation of space?

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