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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Script, pages 25-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?
(a) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.
(b) He wanted to became a world-famous film director.
(c) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.
(d) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.

2. What is the leashed scientist beaten with by the female baboon holding him?
(a) A spatula.
(b) The Bible.
(c) A candlestick.
(d) A riding switch.

3. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?
(a) Overpopulation of a poisonous frog.
(b) A deadly plague.
(c) World War Three.
(d) Robots who turned on their masters.

4. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Lou Lublin.
(c) A Moldavian baron.
(d) William Tallis.

5. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?
(a) Bob Briggs.
(b) Dr. Alfred Poole.
(c) William Tallis
(d) Lou Lublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?

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

3. The narrator makes an analogy between Gandhi's nonviolence and what feature of Bob Brigg's life?

4. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?

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

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