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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: The Script, pages 75-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?
(a) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
(b) Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) A collection of letters and personal essays by Marcel Proust.
(d) A volume of Shelley's poetry.

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

3. What surprises Chief about Dr. Poole's admission that he arrived on a boat?
(a) Chief is surprised New Zealand still had boats.
(b) The Chief is indifferent to Dr. Poole's admission.
(c) Chief feels boats are magic.
(d) Chief feels only the devil rides on a boat.

4. How does the Arch Vicar respond when Dr. Poole expresses horror at the sight of blood at the sacrifice of the babies?
(a) The blood represents the demons leaving the baby's body.
(b) Dr. Poole's own religion is a history full of bloodshed.
(c) The Arch Vicar hurries him away and agrees that it is a terrible sight.
(d) Dr. Poole needs to be a man and toughen up.

5. For how long have the primitives been raiding gravesites?
(a) Two hundred years.
(b) Four days.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which location is Chief presented with a necklace made of bones?

2. What does the Arch Vicar call the calamity of World War that destroyed most of the world?

3. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?

4. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?

5. What does the congregation chant as the babies are sacrificed?

(see the answer key)

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