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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Poole convince the gravediggers to spare him from being buried alive?
(a) He gives them several pieces of jewelry.
(b) He offers to teach them to grow better crops.
(c) He offers to give his boat to them.
(d) He offers to fix their train.

2. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
(a) William Tallis.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Lou Lublin.
(d) A Moldavian baron.

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

4. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?
(a) Bob agrees to never visit Cottonwood Ranch again.
(b) Bob agrees to read her feature screenplay.
(c) Bob agrees to schedule a screen test for her.
(d) Bob agrees to introduce her to a powerful music executive.

5. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?
(a) John "Mad Jack" Fuller.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Michael Faraday.

6. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?
(a) The Briggs family.
(b) The Lublin family.
(c) The Coulton family.
(d) The Tallis family.

7. What ritual is held among the primitives as a protection against deformed babies?
(a) Halloween.
(b) The Devil's Dance.
(c) Belial's Feast.
(d) The Purification Ceremonies.

8. Why are the primitives unable to make clothes?
(a) There is no machinery left to make clothes.
(b) Cotton has changed since the radioactivity of the World War.
(c) Only the Chief is allowed to wear clothes.
(d) They are religiously opposed to clothing.

9. What kind of primate represents the greatest among man, according to the narrator?
(a) The lemur.
(b) The baboon.
(c) The chimpanzee.
(d) The gorilla.

10. According to a chorus of youths, what is "the chief end of Man"?
(a) To die in an inferno of glory.
(b) To protect and shelter women.
(c) To propitiate Belial.
(d) To eat, drink, and be merry.

11. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) They will run out of food.
(b) She will bear a deformed baby.
(c) She is slowly dying from radiation.
(d) Chief will kill her.

12. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?
(a) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
(b) A collection of letters and personal essays by Marcel Proust.
(c) Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) A volume of Shelley's poetry.

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

14. What is the name of Bob Briggs' wife?
(a) Katie.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Miss Ethel Hook.

15. What is the name for the primitives' religious leader?
(a) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(b) Book Eater.
(c) Right Hand of Belial.
(d) Vessel of the Unholy Spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Chief able to keep a tight rein on Dr. Poole after meeting him?

2. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?

3. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.

4. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?

5. The novel begins on what important day?

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