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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. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Belgrade.

2. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?
(a) He owes back taxes.
(b) He has made a series of poor investments.
(c) He has accrued gambling debts.
(d) His home was recently robbed.

3. How are the books incinerated in the Chief's book-burning ceremony?
(a) In the fireplace of an abandoned mansion.
(b) The books are placed at regular intervals on the street and then lit individually.
(c) In a large bonfire.
(d) In a baker's oven.

4. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?
(a) The Studio Commissary.
(b) Murcia, California.
(c) The Cottonwood Ranch.
(d) The Hollywood Cemetery.

5. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?
(a) The narrator, Bob Briggs, and Lou Lublin.
(b) The narrator only.
(c) The narrator and Bob Briggs.
(d) Bob Briggs only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?

2. What does the Chief believe about the current level of discipline in the primitive community?

3. According to the narrator, what was Gandhi's "great secret"?

4. Why was Dr. Poole buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?

5. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?

(see the answer key)

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