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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a word used to describe some of the students?

2. Which of the following is a major issue for Fossey?

3. What was the total time period Fossey spent studying the gorillas?

4. The man's surname is also the name of a color. Which one is it?

5. Where does Fossey go sometimes to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain at least some of the things that the students do that irritated Fossey.

2. What happened to Uncle Bert? What did the incident prompt Fossey to do?

3. How does Fossey compare Beethoven and Uncle Bert?

4. Who is Bob Campbell? What did he bring to the camp? What was his contribution?

5. How did the relationship between Fossey and Digit begin?

6. What were some of Fossey's ongoing issues with funding for the research and camp operation?

7. What was one of the most famous photos of Digit? How did it misrepresent his personality?

8. Describe some of the members of Group 4 from Fossey's first observations in 1967.

9. What did Fossey note when it came to the way the babies played with Uncle Bert? What unusual activity did the group do?

10. Who was Ian Redmond? What was his job at the camp? How did he relate to the natives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashback is used in several places to reiterate earlier experiences and to show progress of the study and the camp. Choose at least three examples in which Fossey employs flashback. What was the purpose of each example? Was it effective? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Alan and Joan Root were an important piece of the puzzle when it came to helping Fossey establish the Karisoke Research Centre. Who are Alan and Joan Root? Why were they in Africa? Where were they from originally? What was Root's profession? How did the couple assist Fossey in the early days? Discuss Alan and Joan Root's help in establishing the camp.

Essay Topic 3

Political upheaval was the reason Fossey was forced to leave Karisoke Research Centre for the first time. Study the political structure of Africa at that time. Why was there political upheaval? Who was involved? Why did it affect the camp? Why/how did it affect Fossey's work? How did Fossey convince the officials to let the work at the camp continue? Was Fossey ever a part of or target for political issues? How did Fossey view the entire situation?

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