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

2. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?
(a) The narrator is intrigued.
(b) The narrator is infuriated and punches Briggs.
(c) The narrator is disgusted and leaves the room.
(d) The narrator is bored.

3. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?
(a) The radioactivity has likely reached lethal levels.
(b) This shows that Belial is displeased with them.
(c) They will have no babies to sacrifice to the Devil.
(d) This represents a dearth of much-needed manpower.

4. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A supermarket.
(c) A palace.
(d) A library.

5. How does Dr. Poole become separated from his team?
(a) He becomes injured, and the others will not slow for him.
(b) He decides to confront the aggressive baboons in a nearby village.
(c) He stops to observe an unusual species of plant.
(d) He stops to propose marriage to Miss Ethel Hook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?

2. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?

3. The primitives' religious leader presses a young woman about what matter, eventually beating her?

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

5. Who was NOT among the team of scientists from New Zealand?

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