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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: The Script, pages 50-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Cottonwood Ranch located?
(a) Murcia, California.
(b) Hollywood, California.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Outside of Chicago, Illinois.

2. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?
(a) Belgrade.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Tokyo.

3. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?
(a) Bob agrees to never visit Cottonwood Ranch again.
(b) Bob agrees to introduce her to a powerful music executive.
(c) Bob agrees to read her feature screenplay.
(d) Bob agrees to schedule a screen test for her.

4. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Beauty.

5. In the beginning of the screenplay, the narrator warns that "all too often" Art takes Nature and __________.
(a) Produces only the sublime.
(b) Denies all but the lowest organisms.
(c) Manufactures only the ludicrous.
(d) Crafts only the wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?

2. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?

3. How does Loola feel about the beating of the young woman at the hands of the primitives' religious leader?

4. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?

5. What is the name of Bob Briggs' wife?

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