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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. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?
(a) Robots who turned on their masters.
(b) A deadly plague.
(c) Overpopulation of a poisonous frog.
(d) World War Three.

2. How long has it taken for the primitive community to establish their pattern of mating rituals?
(a) Forty days and nights.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two generations.

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

4. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Goodness.

5. What explanation does the Arch Vicar have for his community's restricted mating patterns?
(a) It is due to excessive gamma radiation.
(b) It is due to the powerful influence of the Hots community.
(c) It is necessary for survival.
(d) It is the Law of Belial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Dr. Poole buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?

2. What does Dr. Schneeglock blame for Dr. Poole's lack of a fulfillment of his promise?

3. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?

4. What ritual is held among the primitives as a protection against deformed babies?

5. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

(see the answer key)

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