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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. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?
(a) The Canterbury.
(b) The Flying Dutchman.
(c) The Kiwi.
(d) The Worchestershire.

2. The narrator compares the beauty of the first image on screen in "Ape and Essence" to a poem by which poet?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) W.B. Yeats.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

3. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?
(a) Its citizens created a magical forcefield.
(b) The country was deemed to not be of strategic value.
(c) Dr. Poole refuses to admit he is from New Zealand.
(d) Dr. Poole lies and states that most of New Zealand was destroyed.

4. How does Loola feel about the beating of the young woman at the hands of the primitives' religious leader?
(a) She feels it is all in good fun.
(b) She is indifferent, having seen the ritual dozens of times.
(c) She feels it is necessary to maintain proper discipline.
(d) She feels it is unjust and horrific.

5. On what structure are the babies sacrificed?
(a) The Occasional Table.
(b) The High Altar.
(c) Vessel of the Unholy Spirit.
(d) Belial's Butcher Block.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Poole convince the gravediggers to spare him from being buried alive?

2. Who orders all the mothers to the "place of shame"?

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

4. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

5. Where are the babies sacrificed to appease the Devil?

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