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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 71-96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the document in which the narrator finds Andrew Martin’s paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis?
(a) Iota.
(b) Alpha.
(c) Zeta.
(d) Omega.

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

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

4. What does the narrator learn from questioning Gulliver?
(a) That no one likes him.
(b) That Isobel Martin is about to leave him.
(c) That Andrew Martin’s family is quite wealthy.
(d) That everyone in Gulliver’s school is proud of him.

5. What does the narrator say makes events important to people?
(a) Their distance from them.
(b) Their proximity to them.
(c) Their mathematical importance.
(d) Their spiritual importance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait does the narrator say makes up for the humans’ lack of physical attractiveness?

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

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

4. What planet does the man in the holding cell say he is from?

5. What is the narrator honest about with Daniel Russell?

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