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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the narrator provide for why humans love?
(a) Because they are thwarted.
(b) Because they are mortal.
(c) Because they are overflowing.
(d) Because they are minor deities.

2. How does the narrator characterize his feelings before making love with Isobel?
(a) Terrifying desire.
(b) Pleasurable fear.
(c) Satisfying uncertainty.
(d) Unbearable pleasure.

3. What is Ari’s response to the thing the narrator tells him?
(a) He says that he believes him.
(b) He says that he wants to go there with him.
(c) He says that he is fucked, then.
(d) He says that he will have other experiences.

4. What is it that proves the narrator’s humanity to him?
(a) A sob.
(b) A teardrop.
(c) A laugh.
(d) A moment of overwhelming emotion.

5. What injury does the narrator suffer after falling from the roof with Gulliver?
(a) He punctures a lung.
(b) He only suffers cuts and bruises.
(c) He breaks his legs.
(d) He breaks his arm.

6. Where does the narrator say that love stems from?
(a) The heat of desire.
(b) The inevitability of death.
(c) The depths of grief.
(d) The possibility of pain.

7. How long does Isobel say it has been, since she and her husband talked as openly as they talk after Hamlet?
(a) Months.
(b) They have never talked so openly.
(c) Decades.
(d) Years.

8. What is life like for the narrator after he loses his gifts?
(a) Monotonous.
(b) Challenging.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Fulfilling.

9. What does Gulliver tell the narrator about Isobel?
(a) She misses him.
(b) She wants to move.
(c) She has been diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She is dating.

10. What is the narrator about to tell Isobel when he sees Zӧe outside the restaurant?
(a) About his new esteem for humans.
(b) About his plans for the future.
(c) About his origins.
(d) About his hopes for Gulliver.

11. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?
(a) The violence.
(b) The dysfunction.
(c) The alienation.
(d) The exoticism.

12. Who sees the narrator in his native form after he saves Gulliver?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Gulliver.
(c) Isobel.
(d) Newton.

13. Where does the epigram come from at the end of the book?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Feynman.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Talking Heads.

14. How many students does Andrew Martin have, when the narrator walks into his classroom?
(a) 220.
(b) 102.
(c) 88.
(d) 34.

15. How does the narrator destroy the replacement’s gifts?
(a) By keeping the tv and radio on.
(b) By beheading him.
(c) By burning his hand on the stove.
(d) By cutting off his hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gulliver make the narrator forget his worries?

2. Who does Maggie say the narrator looks like?

3. What does the narrator’s virus change Gulliver’s bullies’ names to on Facebook?

4. What does the narrator say happens after he fails to kill Isobel?

5. What does the narrator say has happened to the Andrew Martin who was afraid of emotion?

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