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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Daniel Russell greet the narrator?
(a) As the savior of mankind.
(b) As a pariah.
(c) As the second coming.
(d) As a dirty rascal.

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

3. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?
(a) Bountiful.
(b) Stark.
(c) Thin.
(d) Murky.

4. What do the hosts say the narrator should not interfere with?
(a) The unavoidable nature of pain and suffering.
(b) The inevitability of death for Isobel and Gulliver.
(c) The mathematical certainty of his mission.
(d) The purity of reason.

5. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Distrust and suspicion.
(c) Deep hostility.
(d) Mutual regard.

6. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?
(a) He did not publish his stunning mathematical work during his lifetime.
(b) He turns down a money prize for accomplishments in math.
(c) He donates all the money he wins from math prizes to the poor.
(d) He wins enormous amounts of money for solving mathematical problems.

7. How long does Isobel say it has been since Andrew Martin liked Gulliver?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

8. What is the narrator’s tone when describing humans?
(a) Bemusement.
(b) Irritation.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Contempt.

9. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?
(a) Humans harnessing their instincts.
(b) Humans acting on their instincts.
(c) Humans revising their instincts.
(d) Humans suppressing their instincts.

10. What happens to the narrator after Daniel Russell slaps him on the back?
(a) His face becomes his own.
(b) He is exhausted for the energy of killing Russell.
(c) He feels pain in his shoulder.
(d) He briefly blacks out.

11. Where is Gulliver’s room in Andrew Martin’s house?
(a) In a turret.
(b) In the attic.
(c) On the first floor.
(d) In the basement.

12. What color does the narrator say Gulliver is dressed in, when he interrupts him on the phone?
(a) Gold.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Purple.

13. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?
(a) Its orderliness.
(b) Its contradictions.
(c) Its patterns.
(d) Its clear laws.

14. 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.

15. What are the narrator’s feelings about rain?
(a) It soothes him.
(b) It makes him nostalgic.
(c) He hates it.
(d) It silences him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin is motivated by?

2. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?

3. What is the narrator’s favorite primer number?

4. What does the narrator find most appalling about humans’ appearance?

5. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?

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