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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: The Script, pages 122-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Arch Vicar, what makes men into cowards, saints, and humans?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Technology.
(d) Conscience.

2. Who orders Dr. Poole to be buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?
(a) Miss Ethel Hook.
(b) Flossie.
(c) Loola.
(d) Chief.

3. Why does the narrator of "Tallis" believe that Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) He soundly rejected the real people in favor of nationalization.
(b) Gandhi believed only in people, and not in art or politics.
(c) Gandhi was a political animal, and he paid the price.
(d) Gandhi's followers realized how self-centered he was.

4. Which two concepts does the Arch Vicar blame for the fall of mankind?
(a) Enlightenment and Generosity.
(b) Progress and Nationalism.
(c) Socialism and Generosity.
(d) Individualism and Joy.

5. How long does Dr. Poole feel proper food production will take in the primitive community?
(a) One thousand years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the congregation chant as the babies are sacrificed?

2. What job is assigned to Loola after her job review?

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

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

5. What ritual is held among the primitives as a protection against deformed babies?

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