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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. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?
(a) He has made a series of poor investments.
(b) He owes back taxes.
(c) He has accrued gambling debts.
(d) His home was recently robbed.

2. What does Dr. Schneeglock blame for Dr. Poole's lack of a fulfillment of his promise?
(a) Dr. Poole is a gambler with significant debts.
(b) Dr. Poole still lives with his mother.
(c) Dr. Poole is promiscuous and cannot stay with one woman.
(d) Dr. Poole's mother died when he was only a baby.

3. What is Polly's perspective on her deformed baby?
(a) Polly hates the child, and feels it has earned its fate.
(b) Polly loves the child and does not want to see him killed.
(c) Polly is indifferent to the child, and is not present for its sacrifice.
(d) Polly loves the child, but is willing to sacrifice it for the greater good.

4. Who comforts Polly when her baby is being taken to be killed?
(a) Miss Ethel Hook.
(b) Chief.
(c) Loola.
(d) The Arch Vicar.

5. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?
(a) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.
(b) He wanted to became a world-famous film director.
(c) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.
(d) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. William Tallis died from ___________.

2. On what structure are the babies sacrificed?

3. What does the Arch Vicar tell Dr. Poole about his scientist friends?

4. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?

5. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?

(see the answer key)

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