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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?
(a) The Ape and Essence appearing in the novel was created from a memory of the script itself.
(b) Ape and Essence was reprinted without change or comment.
(c) The names in the script were changed for legal reasons.
(d) Ape and Essence was heavily edited to improve dialogue and story.

2. What is the leashed scientist beaten with by the female baboon holding him?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A spatula.
(c) A candlestick.
(d) A riding switch.

3. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?
(a) The Flying Dutchman.
(b) The Worchestershire.
(c) The Kiwi.
(d) The Canterbury.

4. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?
(a) Food.
(b) War.
(c) Art.
(d) Love.

5. At which location is Chief presented with a necklace made of bones?
(a) The Cocktail Bar.
(b) Pershing Square.
(c) The Observatory.
(d) Lincoln Park.

6. What is the name of Loola's friend who recently gave birth to a deformed baby?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Polly.
(c) Flossie.
(d) Emily.

7. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
(a) They would have gotten along splendidly.
(b) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.
(c) They would have been indifferent to one another.
(d) They would not have liked one another.

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

9. What does the Chief believe about the current level of discipline in the primitive community?
(a) He believes the community lacks proper discipline.
(b) He does not believe in the harsh discipline exacted by the religious leaders.
(c) He believes people should be more free to pursue their own interests.
(d) As he delivers discipline himself, he is quite pleased with the level of discipline.

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

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

12. On what date do the explorer-scientists set out from New Zealand?
(a) May 1, 2345.
(b) May 21, 1981.
(c) January 1, 2004.
(d) February 20, 2108.

13. 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 fix their train.
(d) He offers to give his boat to them.

14. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?
(a) He tried to run away.
(b) He stepped on a grave.
(c) He tried to steal a corpse's ring for himself.
(d) He argued with the leader about the best way to dig up graves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?

2. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?

3. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

4. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?

5. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?

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