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

2. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?
(a) Bob Briggs.
(b) Lou Lublin.
(c) William Tallis
(d) Dr. Alfred Poole.

3. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?
(a) The Hollywood Cemetery.
(b) The Studio Commissary.
(c) Murcia, California.
(d) The Cottonwood Ranch.

4. Why does the narrator of "Tallis" believe that Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) Gandhi's followers realized how self-centered he was.
(b) He soundly rejected the real people in favor of nationalization.
(c) Gandhi believed only in people, and not in art or politics.
(d) Gandhi was a political animal, and he paid the price.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?

2. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

3. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?

4. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?

5. William Tallis is from ____________.

(see the answer key)

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