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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. How does the narrator try to get Gulliver to kill himself?
(a) By falling down the stairs.
(b) By hanging himself.
(c) By slitting his wrists.
(d) By taking pills.

2. What does a person need to stay true, or in order for their love to be true, according to the narrator?
(a) The idea of love.
(b) The lover’s own heart.
(c) Life’s delusions.
(d) The beloved’s whims.

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

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

5. How does the narrator say Gulliver can accept him easiest?
(a) As a devoted husband.
(b) As a father.
(c) As an alien.
(d) As a mathematician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the point of love is?

2. What are blue lights a sign of, in the narrator’s experience?

3. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?

4. How does the narrator convince Gulliver to trust him and to kill the replacement?

5. Why does the narrator say he did not tell Gulliver to stop, when Gulliver started to beat him?

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