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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 part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?
(a) Its opening poetry.
(b) Its professional hole punches and brads.
(c) The fact that it is in pristine, unopened condition.
(d) Its glossy title page.

2. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four years.
(d) Eighteen months.

3. On which deity do the primitives blame their problems?
(a) Peter.
(b) Belial.
(c) Satan.
(d) Beelzebub.

4. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?
(a) Michael Faraday.
(b) John "Mad Jack" Fuller.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Isaac Newton.

5. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?
(a) Japan.
(b) Russia.
(c) California.
(d) Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?

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

3. Which of the following is true about the scientists' rediscovery of the world?

4. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?

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

(see the answer key)

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