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

2. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?
(a) Fear.
(b) Rage.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Joy.

3. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?
(a) The Ape and Essence appearing in the novel was created from a memory of the script itself.
(b) Ape and Essence was reprinted without change or comment.
(c) The names in the script were changed for legal reasons.
(d) Ape and Essence was heavily edited to improve dialogue and story.

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

5. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?
(a) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.
(b) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.
(c) He wanted to became a world-famous film director.
(d) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?

2. Where is Cottonwood Ranch located?

3. William Tallis died from ___________.

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

5. Who leads the team of gravediggers at the Southern California mausoleum?

(see the answer key)

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