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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. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
(a) They would not have liked one another.
(b) They would have been indifferent to one another.
(c) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.
(d) They would have gotten along splendidly.

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

3. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?
(a) A plump girl beside him.
(b) The large emerald ring of a corpse.
(c) His leader's bacon sandwich.
(d) The fine clothes of a corpse.

4. In the beginning of the screenplay, the narrator warns that "all too often" Art takes Nature and __________.
(a) Manufactures only the ludicrous.
(b) Denies all but the lowest organisms.
(c) Produces only the sublime.
(d) Crafts only the wicked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?

2. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?

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

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

5. What does Dr. Schneeglock blame for Dr. Poole's lack of a fulfillment of his promise?

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