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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 became a world-famous film director.
(b) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.
(c) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.
(d) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.

2. What is the first thing to appear in the "Ape and Essence" screenplay?
(a) The title.
(b) A gathering of baboons.
(c) The ship called the Canterbury.
(d) The name of the producer.

3. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?
(a) Its glossy title page.
(b) Its professional hole punches and brads.
(c) The fact that it is in pristine, unopened condition.
(d) Its opening poetry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the team of gravediggers at the Southern California mausoleum?

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

3. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?

4. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?

5. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?

(see the answer key)

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