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

2. Where do Dr. Poole and Loola first have sex?
(a) In the Unholy of Holies.
(b) In the field.
(c) In the Hollywood cemetery.
(d) In Dr. Poole's laboratory.

3. How does the Arch Vicar respond when Dr. Poole expresses horror at the sight of blood at the sacrifice of the babies?
(a) The Arch Vicar hurries him away and agrees that it is a terrible sight.
(b) Dr. Poole needs to be a man and toughen up.
(c) The blood represents the demons leaving the baby's body.
(d) Dr. Poole's own religion is a history full of bloodshed.

4. The lobby of the Cocktail Bar is filled with which group of people?
(a) Religious leaders and the chorus of youths.
(b) Men and their healthy babies.
(c) Gravediggers and criminals.
(d) Women and their deformed babies.

5. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.
(a) An idol.
(b) Man.
(c) The Goddess.
(d) The Devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Arch Vicar's religion, how is procreation regulated?

2. How many laborers are assigned to Dr. Poole in his job?

3. What is the Arch Vicar's perspective on sexual intercourse?

4. Why was New Zealand spared from the destruction that ravaged the rest of the planet?

5. For about how long does Dr. Poole work on the assignment given to him by the primitive community?

(see the answer key)

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