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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Arch Vicar's opinion of demon possession?
(a) Demon possession is but a small part of man's degradation.
(b) It is the only explanation for man's irrational behavior and actions.
(c) It is a foolish notion reserved for the lowest among his people.
(d) Belial possesses people in order to help them achieve grace.

3. What injures Dr. Cudworth when he goes to look for Dr. Poole?
(a) Gamma radiation.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) A poisonous snake.
(d) An arrow shot by a primitive.

4. How long has it taken for the primitive community to establish their pattern of mating rituals?
(a) One year.
(b) Two generations.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) Forty days and nights.

5. What injures Miss Ethel Hook when she goes to look for Dr. Poole?
(a) Gamma radiation.
(b) A poisonous snake.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) An arrow shot by a primitive.

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

7. What job is assigned to Loola after her job review?
(a) Director of Food Production.
(b) Midwife.
(c) Chorus Singer.
(d) Mining cemetery worker.

8. What is the result of Dr. Poole and Loola's discussion in a car garage toward the end of the novel?
(a) They agree to run away together.
(b) They agree they must stay, but they make plans to shepherd their child to the Hots community.
(c) They agree Dr. Poole must flee north, but Loola must stay.
(d) They agree to stay in the primitive community, but try to change its laws and customs.

9. Which two concepts does the Arch Vicar blame for the fall of mankind?
(a) Enlightenment and Generosity.
(b) Socialism and Generosity.
(c) Individualism and Joy.
(d) Progress and Nationalism.

10. Which church member whips the mothers after the babies are sacrificed?
(a) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(b) The Postulant.
(c) The Arch Vicar.
(d) The Patriarch of Pasadena.

11. Who stands guard over Dr. Poole during the mating rituals to ensure he does not escape?
(a) The Arch Vicar.
(b) Loola.
(c) The Patriarch of Pasadena.
(d) Two Postulants.

12. What is Loola threatened with when she objects to her assigned job?
(a) The isolation chamber.
(b) Twenty-five lashes.
(c) Death by hanging.
(d) Rape.

13. Loola notes that Dr. Poole is different from the primitive men in what way?
(a) He finds no value in books.
(b) He expresses contempt for deformed babies.
(c) He likes to talk to her.
(d) He is a man of action rather than words.

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

15. Why is Miss Ethel Hook administered a sedative by the crew of the Canterbury?
(a) She becomes furious at Dr. Cudworth for his failure to read their map correctly.
(b) She tries to engineer a mutiny after becoming fed up with the captain.
(c) Her wounds are fatal, and she is put out of her misery.
(d) She cannot fathom the notion of leaving Dr. Poole.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the Arch Vicar NOT blame for world wars?

3. What is the Arch Vicar's opinion of the Industrial Revolution?

4. What does Flossie think about Loola's relationship with Dr. Poole?

5. When Loola is assigned to her new job, at which location does she work?

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