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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?
(a) The gorilla.
(b) The baboon.
(c) The chimpanzee.
(d) The cheeky monkey.

3. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?
(a) Rage.
(b) Fear.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Joy.

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

5. 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) As he delivers discipline himself, he is quite pleased with the level of discipline.
(d) He does not believe in the harsh discipline exacted by the religious leaders.

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

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

8. In the beginning of the screenplay, the narrator warns that "all too often" Art takes Nature and __________.
(a) Produces only the sublime.
(b) Manufactures only the ludicrous.
(c) Crafts only the wicked.
(d) Denies all but the lowest organisms.

9. The novel begins on what important day?
(a) The day Gandhi was assassinated.
(b) The day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
(c) The day World War II formally ended.
(d) The day the U.S. stock market crashed.

10. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?
(a) Poolie.
(b) Doc.
(c) Alfie.
(d) Pooh Bear.

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

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

13. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?
(a) The narrator only.
(b) Bob Briggs only.
(c) The narrator and Bob Briggs.
(d) The narrator, Bob Briggs, and Lou Lublin.

14. How are the books incinerated in the Chief's book-burning ceremony?
(a) In a baker's oven.
(b) In a large bonfire.
(c) In the fireplace of an abandoned mansion.
(d) The books are placed at regular intervals on the street and then lit individually.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?

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

3. The primitives' religious leader presses a young woman about what matter, eventually beating her?

4. Why does Dr. Poole claim he cannot fix the Chief's train?

5. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?

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