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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Script, pages 100-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?
(a) The Chief.
(b) Three men.
(c) Miss Ethel Hook.
(d) Three baboons.

2. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?
(a) Ape and Essence was heavily edited to improve dialogue and story.
(b) The Ape and Essence appearing in the novel was created from a memory of the script itself.
(c) Ape and Essence was reprinted without change or comment.
(d) The names in the script were changed for legal reasons.

3. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?
(a) The Association for New Horizons.
(b) The California Knowledge Project.
(c) The Post-War Analysis Committee.
(d) The New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition.

4. What is the name for the innermost chamber where the Arch Vicar resides?
(a) The High Altar.
(b) Belial's Den.
(c) Cocktail Lounge.
(d) The Unholy of Unholies.

5. William Tallis is from ____________.
(a) New Zealand.
(b) London, England.
(c) Murcia, California.
(d) Bakersfield, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Poole react to Polly's child being killed?

2. What does the Arch Vicar call the calamity of World War that destroyed most of the world?

3. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?

4. How does the Arch Vicar respond when Dr. Poole expresses horror at the sight of blood at the sacrifice of the babies?

5. What ritual is held among the primitives as a protection against deformed babies?

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