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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. How does the narrator characterize Maggie’s gaze?
(a) Startling frankness.
(b) Terrible honesty.
(c) Thoughtful restraint.
(d) Accusatory injury.

2. Why does the narrator want to replace the purple sofa?
(a) The texture reminds of him of Daniel Russell’s skin.
(b) The fabric smells funny.
(c) The purple color is painful to him.
(d) The cushions are too soft.

3. What does the narrator say he feels when Isobel tells him that she does not know anything about his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Concerned.

4. What does the narrator say when Isobel describes the early days of her courtship with Andrew Martin?
(a) That was a lifetime ago.
(b) I really loved you then.
(c) Those people are dead, now.
(d) He must have loved you.

5. How does the narrator describe humans?
(a) As alien to him.
(b) As beautiful.
(c) As familiar.
(d) As impossible to differentiate between.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?

2. What is the narrator’s response when he and Gulliver see the boy who bullied Gulliver?

3. How does the narrator demonstrate his powers to Gulliver?

4. What do the hosts say the narrator should not interfere with?

5. What color does the narrator say Gulliver is dressed in, when he interrupts him on the phone?

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