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

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

3. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?
(a) Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
(b) A volume of Shelley's poetry.
(c) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
(d) A collection of letters and personal essays by Marcel Proust.

4. Which of the following is true about the scientists' rediscovery of the world?
(a) The world is still highly radioactive, and the scientists must wear suits.
(b) They use sonar technology to find land.
(c) Oil derricks can still be seen in the water outside of shore.
(d) They crash-land because of a dense fog.

5. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?
(a) Alfie.
(b) Poolie.
(c) Pooh Bear.
(d) Doc.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?

2. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?

3. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs discover the screenplay at the heart of the novel?

4. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?

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

(see the answer key)

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