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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 180-209.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize sex with Isobel?
(a) Physical incarnation of mathematical laws.
(b) Electro-chemical magnetism.
(c) Physical gratification devoid of any abstraction.
(d) Bio-emotional phosphorescence.

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?
(a) Its patterns.
(b) Its contradictions.
(c) Its clear laws.
(d) Its orderliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize dogs?

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

3. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?

4. What is it that impresses the narrator about Grigori Perelman?

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

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