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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Arch Vicar, how long has mankind pitted itself against Nature?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three centuries.
(c) 100,000 years.
(d) Thirty years.

2. When Dr. Poole and Loola stop for a night after their escape, they are thirty miles outside of what town?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Lancaster.

3. Who "ravishes" Dr. Poole during mating season?
(a) Two young mulatto girls.
(b) Loola.
(c) Two Postulants.
(d) Polly.

4. What is the most obvious difference between Arch Vicar's community and the Hots?
(a) The Hots have a formal, highly controlling religious hierarchy.
(b) The Hots do not place restrictions on mating/romance.
(c) The Hots do not possess a written language.
(d) The Hots have leprous skin conditions due to radiation.

5. Which of the following does the Arch Vicar NOT blame for world wars?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Demonic possession.
(c) Famine.
(d) Overpopulation.

6. What job is given to Dr. Poole in the primitive community?
(a) Gravedigger Manager.
(b) Robotics Technician.
(c) High Altar Supplicant.
(d) Assistant to the Director of Food Production.

7. What is Polly's perspective on her deformed baby?
(a) Polly hates the child, and feels it has earned its fate.
(b) Polly is indifferent to the child, and is not present for its sacrifice.
(c) Polly loves the child, but is willing to sacrifice it for the greater good.
(d) Polly loves the child and does not want to see him killed.

8. Where do the Hots live?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Mexico.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Bakersfield.

9. What explanation does the Arch Vicar have for his community's restricted mating patterns?
(a) It is due to the powerful influence of the Hots community.
(b) It is due to excessive gamma radiation.
(c) It is necessary for survival.
(d) It is the Law of Belial.

10. Who is NOT among Dr. Poole's initial guests to his new laboratory?
(a) Arch Vicar.
(b) Loola.
(c) Chief.
(d) Director of Food Production.

11. When workers arrive to be assigned jobs for the year, what article of clothing are they given?
(a) Aprons.
(b) Hats.
(c) Badges.
(d) Swimming trunks.

12. What relationship does the Arch Vicar urge for Dr. Poole with respect to the church?
(a) The Arch Vicar thinks Dr. Poole would be a bad influence on the church.
(b) The Arch Vicar wishes to expel Dr. Poole from the church because of his lustful ways.
(c) The Arch Vicar encourages Dr. Poole to become a full member.
(d) The Arch Vicar thinks Dr. Poole is not enlightened enough to understand the church.

13. Who is at the very top of the religious hierarchy in the primitive community?
(a) Arch Vicar of Belial.
(b) The Cardinal of Sin.
(c) The Pope of Darkness.
(d) Satanic Science Practitioner.

14. According to Dr. Poole, what happens when "evil is carried to the limit"?
(a) It becomes good.
(b) It destroys mankind.
(c) It is always counteracted by great good.
(d) It destroys itself.

15. In what year was William Tallis born?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1490.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hots community has what relationship to the government of the primitives?

2. On what structure are the babies sacrificed?

3. Why is Loola afraid of entering into a romantic relationship with Dr. Poole?

4. With respect to the strange behavior of the primitives, Dr. Poole experiences a change from which state to which state?

5. When Loola is assigned to her new job, who acts as a comforting friend and confidante?

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