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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 question does the narrator asks Isobel, which Isobel says has been a constant for her whole marriage to Andrew Martin?
(a) Who’s going to stop me?
(b) What’s in it for you?
(c) Why do you think I care?
(d) How will you live without me?

2. What do the narrator’s hosts tell him he should be?
(a) Malleable.
(b) Normal.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Patient.

3. Where does Isobel go, leaving the narrator home alone?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) To pick up Gulliver from school.
(c) To teach a class at Cambridge.
(d) To visit her mother.

4. What does the narrator say civilization results from, on Earth?
(a) Humans harnessing their instincts.
(b) Humans suppressing their instincts.
(c) Humans revising their instincts.
(d) Humans acting on their instincts.

5. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?
(a) Springer spaniel.
(b) Basset hound.
(c) Pekinese.
(d) German shepherd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel say about the narrator’s heart?

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

3. What does the narrator say this book is about?

4. Who is the narrator’s audience?

5. Where has Andrew Martin taught?

(see the answer key)

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