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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 50-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Isobel respond, when the narrator asks her if their marriage has been a bad one?
(a) She gets up and leaves the room.
(b) She tells him to eat his sandwich.
(c) She starts to laugh.
(d) She weeps and throws a glass at him.

3. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?
(a) He hits his head in the shower.
(b) He stubs his toe on a door frame.
(c) He cuts his finger in the kitchen.
(d) He bangs his shin on a coffee table.

4. What is Newton’s reaction to the narrator’s presence?
(a) He wags his tail and licks him.
(b) He bites him.
(c) He growls in his sleep.
(d) He does not notice him.

5. How old does Isobel tell the narrator Andrew Martin was, psychologically?
(a) 2 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 9 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?

3. What is the narrator’s first experience on Earth?

4. How does Isobel Martin characterize Andrew Martin’s relationship with Daniel Russell?

5. What do the narrator’s hosts tell him he should be?

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