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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 does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
(a) They would not have liked one another.
(b) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.
(c) They would have gotten along splendidly.
(d) They would have been indifferent to one another.

2. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?
(a) An Autocratic.
(b) A Republic.
(c) A Democracy.
(d) A Dictatorship.

3. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?
(a) In his homeland of Germany.
(b) At sea.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In the Hollywood Cemetery.

4. What became of William Tallis' immediate family?
(a) They moved away after Mr. Tallis died.
(b) They died in World War I.
(c) William Tallis never had a family.
(d) They died in a car accident.

5. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?

2. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

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

4. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?

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

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