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

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. What is the name for the primitives' religious leader?
(a) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(b) Vessel of the Unholy Spirit.
(c) Right Hand of Belial.
(d) Book Eater.

4. Who orders Dr. Poole to be buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Loola.
(c) Chief.
(d) Miss Ethel Hook.

5. What is Loola's initial perspective on her night of sex with Dr. Poole?
(a) She loves him desperately.
(b) He was a terrible lover.
(c) Given her cultural background, she is entirely indifferent.
(d) He was more fun than her other partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?

2. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?

3. Where do Dr. Poole and Loola first have sex?

4. For how long have the primitives been raiding gravesites?

5. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?

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