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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. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?
(a) He tried to steal a corpse's ring for himself.
(b) He tried to run away.
(c) He argued with the leader about the best way to dig up graves.
(d) He stepped on a grave.

2. How are the books incinerated in the Chief's book-burning ceremony?
(a) In the fireplace of an abandoned mansion.
(b) In a large bonfire.
(c) In a baker's oven.
(d) The books are placed at regular intervals on the street and then lit individually.

3. What became of William Tallis' second wife?
(a) She died from cancer.
(b) She committed suicide after Mr. Tallis died.
(c) She ran off with another man.
(d) She was persecuted for being Jewish and was killed.

4. Where do the Hots live?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Bakersfield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Arch Vicar, what makes men into cowards, saints, and humans?

2. What injures Miss Ethel Hook when she goes to look for Dr. Poole?

3. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?

4. How do the primitives mark women who have not produced a healthy baby during the season?

5. How does Dr. Poole become separated from his team?

(see the answer key)

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