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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which gravedigger apologizes to Dr. Poole by claiming that burying Dr. Poole was done only for fun?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Chief.
(c) Loola.
(d) Flossie.

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

4. How do the primitives mark women who have not produced a healthy baby during the season?
(a) By making them wear distinct earrings.
(b) By tattooing them on the shoulders.
(c) By writing "NO" on their clothing.
(d) By shaving their heads.

5. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?
(a) They are extraordinarily physically fit, which will serve them well in their travels.
(b) They are petty and jealous, and given to fighting.
(c) They are nothing special, and are quiet and humane.
(d) They were hand-selected as the most intelligent of mankind.

6. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?
(a) The narrator is disgusted and leaves the room.
(b) The narrator is bored.
(c) The narrator is infuriated and punches Briggs.
(d) The narrator is intrigued.

7. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?
(a) $45.00.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $3.67.
(d) $33,000.

8. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?
(a) Murcia, California.
(b) The Cottonwood Ranch.
(c) The Hollywood Cemetery.
(d) The Studio Commissary.

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

10. How is Chief able to keep a tight rein on Dr. Poole after meeting him?
(a) Dr. Poole is strapped to a table which is carried around.
(b) Dr. Poole is administered an intoxicating drug.
(c) Dr. Poole is handcuffed.
(d) Dr. Poole's kneecaps are broken.

11. On what date do the explorer-scientists set out from New Zealand?
(a) May 21, 1981.
(b) May 1, 2345.
(c) February 20, 2108.
(d) January 1, 2004.

12. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six weeks.

13. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?
(a) The narrator and Bob Briggs.
(b) Bob Briggs only.
(c) The narrator, Bob Briggs, and Lou Lublin.
(d) The narrator only.

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

15. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?
(a) John "Mad Jack" Fuller.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Michael Faraday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?

2. The narrator compares the beauty of the first image on screen in "Ape and Essence" to a poem by which poet?

3. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?

4. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?

5. William Tallis died from ___________.

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