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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 247-279.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator follow Gulliver to, when he sees him during school hours?
(a) The train tracks.
(b) The city center.
(c) The river.
(d) The highway.

2. What prevents the narrator from telling Ari about his origins?
(a) Gulliver interrupts.
(b) A violet headache.
(c) Maggie phones him.
(d) Ari’s wife shows up.

3. What does the narrator say the point of love is?
(a) To help you survive.
(b) To lighten your loads.
(c) To make pain bearable.
(d) To remind you what is important.

4. Who is the narrator’s audience?
(a) Isobel and Gulliver Martin.
(b) Vonnadorians.
(c) Venusians.
(d) Humans.

5. What human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?
(a) Sushi.
(b) Rice and beans.
(c) Foie gras.
(d) Peanut butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?

2. How does the narrator characterize the pattern Riemann discovered for the first hundred thousand or so prime numbers?

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

4. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?

5. Where has Andrew Martin taught?

(see the answer key)

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