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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. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) John "Mad Jack" Fuller.
(c) Michael Faraday.
(d) Isaac Newton.

2. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?
(a) The Romantic Poets.
(b) The Impressionist Painters.
(c) The Baroque Composers.
(d) The Surrealist Writers.

3. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?
(a) Miss Ethel Hook.
(b) Three men.
(c) The Chief.
(d) Three baboons.

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

5. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?
(a) The narrator is bored.
(b) The narrator is intrigued.
(c) The narrator is infuriated and punches Briggs.
(d) The narrator is disgusted and leaves the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?

2. What is the first thing to appear in the "Ape and Essence" screenplay?

3. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?

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

5. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?

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