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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. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?
(a) The dysfunction.
(b) The alienation.
(c) The exoticism.
(d) The violence.

2. Who said that if you put your hand on a stove, a minute feels like an hour, but sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it feels like just a minute?
(a) Newton.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Feynman.

3. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Omega.
(b) Alpha.
(c) Zeta.
(d) Iota.

4. How long is Isobel Martin’s book The Dark Ages?
(a) 469 pages.
(b) 251 pages.
(c) 917 pages.
(d) 1,253 pages.

5. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?
(a) It is beating heavily.
(b) It does not feel like it is beating.
(c) It is beating quick and shallow.
(d) It feels like it could explode.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the quintessential experience that defines being on Earth?

2. Where do the narrator and Maggie go from his office?

3. How does the narrator characterize human love?

4. What happens when the narrator reaches out to touch Isobel’s neck and kill her?

5. What does the narrator look at, that gives him the feeling of not being troubled?

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