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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. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.
(a) The Goddess.
(b) The Devil.
(c) Man.
(d) An idol.

2. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) They will run out of food.
(b) She will bear a deformed baby.
(c) Chief will kill her.
(d) She is slowly dying from radiation.

3. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?
(a) They will have no babies to sacrifice to the Devil.
(b) This shows that Belial is displeased with them.
(c) This represents a dearth of much-needed manpower.
(d) The radioactivity has likely reached lethal levels.

4. What is the most obvious difference between Arch Vicar's community and the Hots?
(a) The Hots have a formal, highly controlling religious hierarchy.
(b) The Hots have leprous skin conditions due to radiation.
(c) The Hots do not possess a written language.
(d) The Hots do not place restrictions on mating/romance.

5. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?
(a) Joy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Rage.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?

2. Why are the primitives unable to make clothes?

3. Who assigns jobs in the primitive community?

4. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?

5. What surprises Chief about Dr. Poole's admission that he arrived on a boat?

(see the answer key)

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