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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 is Rosie's career aspiration?
(a) Singer and actress.
(b) Producer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

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

3. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?
(a) A supermarket.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A palace.
(d) A library.

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

5. According to a chorus of youths, what is "the chief end of Man"?
(a) To protect and shelter women.
(b) To eat, drink, and be merry.
(c) To propitiate Belial.
(d) To die in an inferno of glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was New Zealand spared from the destruction that ravaged the rest of the planet?

2. What surprises Chief about Dr. Poole's admission that he arrived on a boat?

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

4. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?

5. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?

(see the answer key)

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