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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: The Script, pages 75-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
(a) William Tallis.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Lou Lublin.
(d) A Moldavian baron.

2. With respect to the strange behavior of the primitives, Dr. Poole experiences a change from which state to which state?
(a) Joy to Ecstasy.
(b) Scientific curiosity to joy.
(c) Pain to Despair.
(d) Horror to scientific curiosity.

3. According to the Arch Vicar, how do Men destroy themselves?
(a) By using drugs.
(b) By destroying their environment.
(c) By impregnating women.
(d) By sacrificing deformed babies.

4. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?
(a) She wishes Dr. Poole would leave the team and go back to New Zealand, for his own safety.
(b) She wishes Dr. Poole would drop dead.
(c) She wishes Dr. Poole would teach her more about the flora and fauna they discover.
(d) She wishes Dr. Poole would propose marriage to her.

5. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?
(a) Two days.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Arch Vicar believe about Belial's relationship to the atomic bomb?

2. What is Rosie's career aspiration?

3. How do the primitives mark women who have not produced a healthy baby during the season?

4. Why are the primitives unable to make clothes?

5. Which of the following does the Arch Vicar NOT blame for world wars?

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