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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. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?
(a) They are nothing special, and are quiet and humane.
(b) They are extraordinarily physically fit, which will serve them well in their travels.
(c) They were hand-selected as the most intelligent of mankind.
(d) They are petty and jealous, and given to fighting.

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

3. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?
(a) The chimpanzee.
(b) The baboon.
(c) The cheeky monkey.
(d) The gorilla.

4. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?
(a) Love.
(b) Art.
(c) War.
(d) Food.

5. How do the primitives explain the men's propensity to hit women?
(a) Women need to be toughened up to survive in the wilderness.
(b) Women are possessed by Belial.
(c) Men are possessed by Belial.
(d) Women deserve beatings for their inherent wickedness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?

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

3. What kind of primate represents the greatest among man, according to the narrator?

4. Which of the following is true about the scientists' rediscovery of the world?

5. What became of William Tallis' second wife?

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