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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 is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?
(a) When they are painters.
(b) When they are mathematicians.
(c) When they are rich.
(d) When they are musicians.

2. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?
(a) It gives him nostalgia for home.
(b) It gives him a strange, satisfying agitation.
(c) It gives him a satisfying blindness.
(d) It gives him the pleasure of counting.

3. Where does the narrator say Isobel is inviting him when she invites him upstairs?
(a) To the alternate reality of sex.
(b) To a box of dark memories.
(c) To a series of hard conversations.
(d) To an envelope full of bills and responsibilities.

4. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?
(a) That they are alone.
(b) That they control their lives.
(c) That they are divine.
(d) That they are advanced.

5. What assumption in his audience does the narrator seek to overturn?
(a) That humanity deserves saving.
(b) That humanity is meaningless.
(c) That humanity will save the universe.
(d) That humanity teaches kindness and sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gulliver characterize the effect the narrator’s arrest for nakedness has had on his life?

2. How long does Isobel say it has been since Andrew Martin liked Gulliver?

3. What happened to cause Andrew Martin to stop liking his son?

4. What human food does the narrator discover he likes a lot?

5. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?

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