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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Script, pages 100-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does the Arch Vicar have for his community's restricted mating patterns?
(a) It is due to excessive gamma radiation.
(b) It is necessary for survival.
(c) It is the Law of Belial.
(d) It is due to the powerful influence of the Hots community.

2. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Desperation.

3. What is the name for the primitives' religious leader?
(a) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(b) Book Eater.
(c) Vessel of the Unholy Spirit.
(d) Right Hand of Belial.

4. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?
(a) Bob Briggs only.
(b) The narrator only.
(c) The narrator, Bob Briggs, and Lou Lublin.
(d) The narrator and Bob Briggs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was NOT among the team of scientists from New Zealand?

2. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?

3. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?

4. How many laborers are assigned to Dr. Poole in his job?

5. How does Dr. Poole react to Polly's child being killed?

(see the answer key)

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