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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. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A supermarket.
(c) A palace.
(d) A library.

2. What kind of primate represents the greatest among man, according to the narrator?
(a) The gorilla.
(b) The chimpanzee.
(c) The baboon.
(d) The lemur.

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

4. The narrator compares the beauty of the first image on screen in "Ape and Essence" to a poem by which poet?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(c) W.B. Yeats.
(d) Robert Frost.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date do the explorer-scientists set out from New Zealand?

3. How does Dr. Poole become separated from his team?

4. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

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

(see the answer key)

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