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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 210-230; Part 3, pages 231-246.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator call Andrew Martin’s mother back, after he hangs up on her?
(a) Because Newton asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(b) Because Gulliver asks him why he did not say goodbye.
(c) Because he wants to collect more information from her.
(d) Because Isobel scolds him for his rudeness.

2. What happens when the narrator reaches out to touch Isobel’s neck and kill her?
(a) Gulliver bursts in and interrupts.
(b) She turns over and says she loves him.
(c) The narrator has a qualm of conscience and stops.
(d) Newton growls at him and stops him.

3. What does the narrator like about Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
(a) Its respect for absolute decrees.
(b) Its love for fellow human beings.
(c) Its mythical narratives.
(d) Its focus on the open-ended nature of human experience.

4. 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.

5. How does the narrator characterize the light in the interrogation room?
(a) Murky.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Stark.
(d) Thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize dogs?

2. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?

3. What does the narrator say is the one condition under which humans tolerate mad people?

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

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

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