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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he has for the first time after killing Daniel Russell?
(a) A personal sentiment.
(b) A tear in his eye.
(c) Remorse.
(d) A nightmare.

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

3. What book does the narrator see on Gulliver’s bed?
(a) Franny and Zooey by Salinger.
(b) War and Peace by Tolstoy.
(c) Ham on Rye by Bukowski.
(d) Naked Lunch by Burroughs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts the discussion the narrator is having with Isobel about Andrew Martin’s relationship with his mother?

2. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?

3. Which college of Cambridge University does Andrew Martin teach at?

4. What trait does the narrator say makes up for the humans’ lack of physical attractiveness?

5. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Newton?

2. What happens when the narrator calls Andrew Martin’s mother?

3. How does the narrator define beauty for humans?

4. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with human music?

5. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with Newton, the family dog?

6. What makes the narrator’s narrative so funny?

7. What does the narrator learn about mathematicians that undermines his core beliefs about human beings?

8. How does the narrator characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Gulliver, his son?

9. What does Gulliver tell the narrator about the Martins’ household?

10. Who does the narrator meet in the cafeteria in the jail?

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