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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which church member actually does the killing of the babies?
(a) The Postulant.
(b) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(c) The Arch-Vicar.
(d) The Patriarch of Pasadena.

2. In what year did William Tallis die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1948.

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

4. Where are the babies sacrificed to appease the Devil?
(a) The corner of Sunset and Vine.
(b) An abandoned warehouse.
(c) The Los Angeles Coliseum.
(d) The San Diego Zoo.

5. What is Loola's initial perspective on her night of sex with Dr. Poole?
(a) She loves him desperately.
(b) He was more fun than her other partners.
(c) He was a terrible lover.
(d) Given her cultural background, she is entirely indifferent.

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

7. How many books has the Arch Vicar managed to save from destruction?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) None.
(d) 3000 - 4000.

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

9. When evil destroys itself, what notion returns back to humanity?
(a) The Spirit of Belial.
(b) The Order of Things.
(c) The Unholy of Holies.
(d) The Phoenix Bird.

10. How does the Arch Vicar aid Dr. Poole in seeing the mating rituals better?
(a) He gives him night-vision goggles.
(b) He gives him a walking tour.
(c) He orders all couples to be brought out into the moonlight.
(d) He orders the lights to be turned on.

11. In his conversation with Dr. Poole, the Arch Vicar shows himself to be an expert in which field?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) World history.
(c) Trains.
(d) Computers.

12. How does the Arch Vicar respond when Dr. Poole expresses horror at the sight of blood at the sacrifice of the babies?
(a) The blood represents the demons leaving the baby's body.
(b) Dr. Poole's own religion is a history full of bloodshed.
(c) The Arch Vicar hurries him away and agrees that it is a terrible sight.
(d) Dr. Poole needs to be a man and toughen up.

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

14. Which, according to the script's narrator, is not one of the "fruits of the ape-mind"?
(a) Joy.
(b) Restlessness.
(c) Misery.
(d) Hate.

15. Where do Dr. Poole and Loola first have sex?
(a) In Dr. Poole's laboratory.
(b) In the Unholy of Holies.
(c) In the Hollywood cemetery.
(d) In the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Arch Vicar call the calamity of World War that destroyed most of the world?

2. What does the Arch Vicar blame for famine and war?

3. In the Arch Vicar's religion, how is procreation regulated?

4. According to the Arch Vicar, how long has mankind pitted itself against Nature?

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

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