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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. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Tokyo.

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

3. What is the occupation of Bob Briggs?
(a) Gravedigger.
(b) Screenwriter.
(c) Retired military officer.
(d) Botanist.

4. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?
(a) She wishes Dr. Poole would leave the team and go back to New Zealand, for his own safety.
(b) She wishes Dr. Poole would teach her more about the flora and fauna they discover.
(c) She wishes Dr. Poole would drop dead.
(d) She wishes Dr. Poole would propose marriage to her.

5. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?
(a) Bob agrees to schedule a screen test for her.
(b) Bob agrees to never visit Cottonwood Ranch again.
(c) Bob agrees to introduce her to a powerful music executive.
(d) Bob agrees to read her feature screenplay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?

2. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?

3. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?

4. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.

5. William Tallis is from ____________.

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