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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 118-148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator look at, that gives him the feeling of not being troubled?
(a) The parking lot.
(b) A hillside.
(c) A crowd of people at a distance.
(d) A plant.

2. How does the narrator justify killing Daniel Russell?
(a) It prevents the spread of misunderstanding.
(b) It reduces suffering in the universe.
(c) It saves many lives.
(d) It puts humans out of their misery.

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

4. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?
(a) It is beating heavily.
(b) It is beating quick and shallow.
(c) It feels like it could explode.
(d) It does not feel like it is beating.

5. What does the narrator say gives him the closest approximation of space?
(a) Tchaikovsky’s concertos.
(b) Palestrina’s psalms.
(c) Mozart’s Requiem.
(d) Debussy’s Clair de Lune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he has for the first time after killing Daniel Russell?

2. How long is Isobel Martin’s book The Dark Ages?

3. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?

4. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?

5. What does the narrator say human news is about?

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