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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 find most appalling about humans’ appearance?
(a) Ears.
(b) Hair.
(c) Noses.
(d) Lips.
2. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A childhood illness.
(c) Original sin.
(d) Lack of maternal love.
3. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?
(a) Mutual regard.
(b) Distrust and suspicion.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Deep hostility.
4. What happens to the narrator after Daniel Russell slaps him on the back?
(a) He is exhausted for the energy of killing Russell.
(b) He feels pain in his shoulder.
(c) He briefly blacks out.
(d) His face becomes his own.
5. What does the narrator say human news ought to be called?
(a) The Dog and Pony show.
(b) The Fame and Embarrassment show.
(c) The Greed and Violence show.
(d) The War and Money show.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say he has done, when he deletes Andrew Martin’s file describing his solution to the Riemann Hypothesis?
2. What does the narrator conclude after following Gulliver?
3. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?
4. What does the narrator look at, that gives him the feeling of not being troubled?
5. What happened to cause Andrew Martin to stop liking his son?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator define beauty for humans?
2. What makes the narrator’s narrative so funny?
3. Why does the narrator say that Andrew Martin’s discovery needs to be erased?
4. What does the narrator like about Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
5. What does Gulliver tell the narrator about the Martins’ household?
6. How does the narrator explain the Riemann Hypothesis, and what does he say Andrew Martin discovered about it?
7. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with his hosts, now that he is getting accustomed to Andrew Martin’s life?
8. What is the narrator’s rhetorical stance in The Humans?
9. How is the narrator ultimately captured by the police?
10. What happens to the narrator for the first time in his life when Isobel gives him a sandwich?
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