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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?
(a) Women are pampered and treated to mineral baths.
(b) A religious leader berates a young woman about the nature of woman.
(c) The Chief is presented with a token of the community's gratitude.
(d) Books are burned.

2. How is Chief able to keep a tight rein on Dr. Poole after meeting him?
(a) Dr. Poole is administered an intoxicating drug.
(b) Dr. Poole's kneecaps are broken.
(c) Dr. Poole is strapped to a table which is carried around.
(d) Dr. Poole is handcuffed.

3. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?
(a) They are nothing special, and are quiet and humane.
(b) They were hand-selected as the most intelligent of mankind.
(c) They are extraordinarily physically fit, which will serve them well in their travels.
(d) They are petty and jealous, and given to fighting.

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

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

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

7. Which of the following is true about the scientists' rediscovery of the world?
(a) They crash-land because of a dense fog.
(b) The world is still highly radioactive, and the scientists must wear suits.
(c) Oil derricks can still be seen in the water outside of shore.
(d) They use sonar technology to find land.

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

9. What derogatory name do primitive men call the primitive women who bear deformed babies?
(a) Vessel of the Unholy Spirit.
(b) Satan's Spawn.
(c) Mistress of Belial.
(d) Tool of the Devil.

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

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

12. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?
(a) In the Hollywood Cemetery.
(b) At sea.
(c) In his homeland of Germany.
(d) In the desert.

13. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs discover the screenplay at the heart of the novel?
(a) On the Canterbury ship.
(b) Outside the Studio Commissary.
(c) In Murcia, California.
(d) At Cottonwood Ranch.

14. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?
(a) Murcia, California.
(b) The Cottonwood Ranch.
(c) The Studio Commissary.
(d) The Hollywood Cemetery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. William Tallis is from ____________.

2. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?

3. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?

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

5. The narrator compares the beauty of the first image on screen in "Ape and Essence" to a poem by which poet?

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