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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What effect does the TV have on the narrator’s pain?
(a) It makes it move around.
(b) It makes it disappear.
(c) It makes it throb.
(d) It makes it worse.

6. What does the narrator like about Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
(a) Its focus on the open-ended nature of human experience.
(b) Its mythical narratives.
(c) Its love for fellow human beings.
(d) Its respect for absolute decrees.

7. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?
(a) He turns down a money prize for accomplishments in math.
(b) He did not publish his stunning mathematical work during his lifetime.
(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.

8. What are blue lights a sign of, in the narrator’s experience?
(a) Pain.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Relief.
(d) Trouble.

9. What does Andrew Martin say the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis does for humanity?
(a) Provide more power.
(b) Bring riches to people who understand it.
(c) Show people their humble origins.
(d) Bring humanity closer to divinity.

10. Why does the narrator say he does not like wearing clothes?
(a) They are embarrassing.
(b) He prefers glorious nakedness.
(c) They chafe.
(d) They are not geometrical enough.

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

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

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

14. What does the narrator say he has done, when he deletes Andrew Martin’s file describing his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Finished his job.
(b) Saved humanity.
(c) Bought himself time.
(d) Saved the universe.

15. What does the narrator attribute Newton’s newfound liveliness to?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Long walks.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Lots of sleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator justify killing Daniel Russell?

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

4. How does the narrator characterize the pattern Riemann discovered for the first hundred thousand or so prime numbers?

5. What book does the narrator see on Gulliver’s bed?

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