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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. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?
(a) The Surrealist Writers.
(b) The Baroque Composers.
(c) The Impressionist Painters.
(d) The Romantic Poets.

2. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?
(a) The Briggs family.
(b) The Coulton family.
(c) The Lublin family.
(d) The Tallis family.

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

4. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?
(a) The Kiwi.
(b) The Flying Dutchman.
(c) The Worchestershire.
(d) The Canterbury.

5. How does Dr. Poole become separated from his team?
(a) He becomes injured, and the others will not slow for him.
(b) He stops to observe an unusual species of plant.
(c) He stops to propose marriage to Miss Ethel Hook.
(d) He decides to confront the aggressive baboons in a nearby village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was NOT among the team of scientists from New Zealand?

2. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?

3. Who leads the team of gravediggers at the Southern California mausoleum?

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

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

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