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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Tallis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?
(a) His home was recently robbed.
(b) He has made a series of poor investments.
(c) He has accrued gambling debts.
(d) He owes back taxes.

3. The narrator makes an analogy between Gandhi's nonviolence and what feature of Bob Brigg's life?
(a) His drinking.
(b) His gambling.
(c) His writing.
(d) His adultery.

4. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?
(a) He wanted to became a world-famous film director.
(b) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.
(c) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.
(d) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.

5. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?
(a) Ape and Essence was heavily edited to improve dialogue and story.
(b) The Ape and Essence appearing in the novel was created from a memory of the script itself.
(c) The names in the script were changed for legal reasons.
(d) Ape and Essence was reprinted without change or comment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became of William Tallis' immediate family?

2. What is Rosie's career aspiration?

3. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?

4. Why does the narrator of "Tallis" believe that Gandhi was assassinated?

5. William Tallis died from ___________.

(see the answer key)

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