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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 is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?
(a) A religious leader berates a young woman about the nature of woman.
(b) Books are burned.
(c) Women are pampered and treated to mineral baths.
(d) The Chief is presented with a token of the community's gratitude.

2. The novel begins on what important day?
(a) The day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
(b) The day Gandhi was assassinated.
(c) The day World War II formally ended.
(d) The day the U.S. stock market crashed.

3. Who is at the very top of the religious hierarchy in the primitive community?
(a) Arch Vicar of Belial.
(b) Satanic Science Practitioner.
(c) The Pope of Darkness.
(d) The Cardinal of Sin.

4. What became of William Tallis' immediate family?
(a) They died in a car accident.
(b) They died in World War I.
(c) William Tallis never had a family.
(d) They moved away after Mr. Tallis died.

5. Who orders Dr. Poole to be buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Loola.
(c) Chief.
(d) Miss Ethel Hook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Chief able to keep a tight rein on Dr. Poole after meeting him?

2. In the beginning of the screenplay, the narrator warns that "all too often" Art takes Nature and __________.

3. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?

4. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?

5. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?

(see the answer key)

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