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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. William Tallis died from ___________.
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Cancer of the throat.
(c) A hit-and-run car accident.
(d) A botched surgery.

2. What is the leashed scientist beaten with by the female baboon holding him?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A riding switch.
(c) A candlestick.
(d) A spatula.

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

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

5. What is the first thing to appear in the "Ape and Essence" screenplay?
(a) The title.
(b) A gathering of baboons.
(c) The name of the producer.
(d) The ship called the Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date do the explorer-scientists set out from New Zealand?

3. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?

4. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?

5. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?

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