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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 149-179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the hosts tell the narrator to be careful?
(a) Because they are listening.
(b) Because they have sent a replacement.
(c) Because the fate of the universe depends on his actions.
(d) Because he might be disciplined.

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

3. What delusion does the narrator think humans have?
(a) That they are alone.
(b) That they are divine.
(c) That they are advanced.
(d) That they control their lives.

4. What does the narrator conclude human beings enjoy about music?
(a) Its patterns.
(b) Its clear laws.
(c) Its orderliness.
(d) Its contradictions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator justify killing Daniel Russell?

2. How long does Isobel say it has been since Andrew Martin liked Gulliver?

3. What does the narrator say is the color of home?

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

5. Where does Isobel Martin say Andrew Martin’s psychological problems came from?

(see the answer key)

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