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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. Who is the poet who gives the narrator hope for humanity?
(a) Ann Sexton.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Rumi.
(d) Robinson Jeffers.

2. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?
(a) Original sin.
(b) Lack of maternal love.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A childhood illness.

3. What are the narrator’s feelings about rain?
(a) It makes him nostalgic.
(b) He hates it.
(c) It silences him.
(d) It soothes him.

4. What does the narrator say is the “emergency exit for humans” (42)?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Departure.
(c) Violence.
(d) Love.

5. Where has Andrew Martin taught?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say human news ought to be called?

2. What breed is Andrew Martin’s dog?

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

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

5. Who is the narrator’s audience?

(see the answer key)

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