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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dr. Poole convince the gravediggers to spare him from being buried alive?
(a) He gives them several pieces of jewelry.
(b) He offers to fix their train.
(c) He offers to teach them to grow better crops.
(d) He offers to give his boat to them.

3. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?
(a) The Ape and Essence appearing in the novel was created from a memory of the script itself.
(b) Ape and Essence was heavily edited to improve dialogue and story.
(c) Ape and Essence was reprinted without change or comment.
(d) The names in the script were changed for legal reasons.

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

5. What is the name of Bob Briggs' wife?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Katie.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Miss Ethel Hook.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?

4. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

2. What are the specifics of Bob Briggs' personal troubles at the outset of the novel?

3. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.

4. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?

5. Why was Gandhi killed according to the narrator?

6. How do Bob Briggs and the narrator initially become interested in "Ape and Essence"?

7. What is the importance of where Tallis preferred to be buried?

8. What point does the script narrator make about baboons and knowledge?

9. Describe the opening of the movie "Ape and Essence."

10. Describe the moment involving a religious rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.

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