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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Script, pages 25-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was NOT among the team of scientists from New Zealand?
(a) Dr. Cudworth.
(b) Dr. Canterbury.
(c) Miss Ethel Hook.
(d) Professor Grampian.

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 is promiscuous and cannot stay with one woman.
(c) Dr. Poole still lives with his mother.
(d) Dr. Poole's mother died when he was only a baby.

3. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs discover the screenplay at the heart of the novel?
(a) Outside the Studio Commissary.
(b) At Cottonwood Ranch.
(c) In Murcia, California.
(d) On the Canterbury ship.

4. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?
(a) A Dictatorship.
(b) A Democracy.
(c) A Republic.
(d) An Autocratic.

5. The narrator makes an analogy between Gandhi's nonviolence and what feature of Bob Brigg's life?
(a) His adultery.
(b) His drinking.
(c) His writing.
(d) His gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel begins on what important day?

2. According to the narrator, what was Gandhi's "great secret"?

3. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?

4. What is the occupation of Bob Briggs?

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

(see the answer key)

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