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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: The Script, pages 75-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares the beauty of the first image on screen in "Ape and Essence" to a poem by which poet?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) W.B. Yeats.
(c) Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(d) Percy Shelley.

2. On which street corner does Chief order books to be incinerated?
(a) 5th Street and Pershing Square.
(b) Belial Avenue and Azrael Drive.
(c) 11th Street and Washington Boulevard.
(d) Mausoleum Way and Hollywood Cemetery Square.

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

4. What is the occupation of Bob Briggs?
(a) Botanist.
(b) Retired military officer.
(c) Screenwriter.
(d) Gravedigger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Arch Vicar, what does Man call Progress?

2. With respect to the strange behavior of the primitives, Dr. Poole experiences a change from which state to which state?

3. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?

4. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?

5. What surprises Chief about Dr. Poole's admission that he arrived on a boat?

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