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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: The Script, pages 50-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On which street corner does Chief order books to be incinerated?
(a) Mausoleum Way and Hollywood Cemetery Square.
(b) 11th Street and Washington Boulevard.
(c) 5th Street and Pershing Square.
(d) Belial Avenue and Azrael Drive.

3. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
(a) They would not have liked one another.
(b) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.
(c) They would have gotten along splendidly.
(d) They would have been indifferent to one another.

4. According to the narrator, what was Gandhi's "great secret"?
(a) The fact that he secretly yearned for power and glory.
(b) The fact that he did not want anything for himself.
(c) He was a great admirer of art and artists.
(d) He was a serial adulterer.

5. Who was NOT among the team of scientists from New Zealand?
(a) Miss Ethel Hook.
(b) Dr. Cudworth.
(c) Professor Grampian.
(d) Dr. Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the primitives mark women who have not produced a healthy baby during the season?

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

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

4. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?

5. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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