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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gulliver characterize the effect the narrator’s arrest for nakedness has had on his life?
(a) It made him a celebrity.
(b) It made him a curiosity.
(c) It made him a laughing stork.
(d) It ruined his life.

2. What is the first question the narrator feels he has given the right answer to?
(a) Whether he would like to go home.
(b) Whether he likes being married.
(c) Whether he has been under pressure.
(d) Whether he is having an affair with a student.

3. What does the narrator conclude after following Gulliver?
(a) That he is suicidal.
(b) That he is preparing for a weightlifting tournament.
(c) That he is dealing drugs.
(d) That he wants to avoid people.

4. What does the narrator say human news is about?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Humans.
(c) War.
(d) Mathematics.

5. How does Matt Haig represent the hosts’ speech?
(a) Italics.
(b) Quotation marks.
(c) A different font.
(d) Boldface.

6. What does the narrator say about Andrew Martin, when he is being interrogated?
(a) That he is having an affair with his student.
(b) That he is the smartest human on Earth.
(c) That he is above the law.
(d) That he has just solved the Riemann Hypothesis.

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

8. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?
(a) Emmanuel College.
(b) Fitzwilliam College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Downing College.

9. What music does the narrator play, when he feels lonely in the house?
(a) Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.
(b) Bizet’s Carmen.
(c) Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
(d) Holst’s The Planets.

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

11. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?
(a) He bangs his shin on a coffee table.
(b) He cuts his finger in the kitchen.
(c) He stubs his toe on a door frame.
(d) He hits his head in the shower.

12. What magazine provides the narrator with the basics of English?
(a) Cosmopolitan.
(b) Ladies Home Journal.
(c) Playboy.
(d) Wired.

13. What is the first step the narrator takes in killing Daniel Russell?
(a) Blinding his eyes.
(b) Stopping his heart.
(c) Paralyzing his hands.
(d) Paralyzing his jaw.

14. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?
(a) Being hit by a car.
(b) Making love.
(c) Being arrested.
(d) Shoplifting.

15. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?
(a) Springer spaniel.
(b) German shepherd.
(c) Basset hound.
(d) Pekinese.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old does Isobel tell the narrator Andrew Martin was, psychologically?

3. What do the hosts say will happen if the narrator cannot complete his mission?

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

5. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?

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