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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. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?
(a) The Kiwi.
(b) The Canterbury.
(c) The Worchestershire.
(d) The Flying Dutchman.

2. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?
(a) The Post-War Analysis Committee.
(b) The California Knowledge Project.
(c) The Association for New Horizons.
(d) The New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition.

3. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.
(a) Man.
(b) The Devil.
(c) An idol.
(d) The Goddess.

4. Why was New Zealand spared from the destruction that ravaged the rest of the planet?
(a) Because of raging sea storms, it was not accessible to aggressors.
(b) It built great bunkers that protected its people.
(c) It was not deemed to be of any important military value.
(d) Its leaders engaged in clever diplomacy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator makes an analogy between Gandhi's nonviolence and what feature of Bob Brigg's life?

2. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

3. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?

4. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?

5. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?

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