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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. At which location is Chief presented with a necklace made of bones?
(a) Lincoln Park.
(b) The Observatory.
(c) Pershing Square.
(d) The Cocktail Bar.

2. What became of William Tallis' second wife?
(a) She ran off with another man.
(b) She was persecuted for being Jewish and was killed.
(c) She died from cancer.
(d) She committed suicide after Mr. Tallis died.

3. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?
(a) A deadly plague.
(b) Overpopulation of a poisonous frog.
(c) Robots who turned on their masters.
(d) World War Three.

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

5. For how long have the primitives been raiding gravesites?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?

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

3. How does Loola feel about the beating of the young woman at the hands of the primitives' religious leader?

4. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?

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

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