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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?
(a) A Democracy.
(b) A Republic.
(c) An Autocratic.
(d) A Dictatorship.

2. On which street corner does Chief order books to be incinerated?
(a) 5th Street and Pershing Square.
(b) Mausoleum Way and Hollywood Cemetery Square.
(c) 11th Street and Washington Boulevard.
(d) Belial Avenue and Azrael Drive.

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

4. For how long have the primitives been raiding gravesites?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) Four days.
(d) Thirty years.

5. Why was Dr. Poole buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?
(a) He came on a boat, which the gravediggers consider evil.
(b) He used a swear word in front of the Chief.
(c) He refused to fix the Chief's train.
(d) He punched a gravedigger trying to escape.

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

7. What does Dr. Schneeglock blame for Dr. Poole's lack of a fulfillment of his promise?
(a) Dr. Poole's mother died when he was only a baby.
(b) Dr. Poole still lives with his mother.
(c) Dr. Poole is a gambler with significant debts.
(d) Dr. Poole is promiscuous and cannot stay with one woman.

8. 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 not have liked one another.
(c) They would have been indifferent to one another.
(d) They would have gotten along splendidly.

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

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

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

12. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?
(a) Lou Lublin.
(b) Dr. Alfred Poole.
(c) William Tallis
(d) Bob Briggs.

13. What surprises Chief about Dr. Poole's admission that he arrived on a boat?
(a) Chief is surprised New Zealand still had boats.
(b) The Chief is indifferent to Dr. Poole's admission.
(c) Chief feels boats are magic.
(d) Chief feels only the devil rides on a boat.

14. Which gravedigger apologizes to Dr. Poole by claiming that burying Dr. Poole was done only for fun?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Chief.
(d) Loola.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel begins on what important day?

2. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?

3. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?

4. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?

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

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