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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Arch Vicar call the calamity of World War that destroyed most of the world?
(a) The Event.
(b) The Thing.
(c) The Nuke.
(d) The Dimestore Disaster.

5. To what university is Dr. Poole assigned?
(a) Pepperdine University.
(b) The University of Southern California.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) UCLA.

6. 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 cannot fathom the notion of leaving Dr. Poole.
(c) She tries to engineer a mutiny after becoming fed up with the captain.
(d) Her wounds are fatal, and she is put out of her misery.

7. What is the name for those who do not obey the strict mating rituals of the Arch Vicar's religion?
(a) Furies.
(b) Hots.
(c) Satanists.
(d) Gravediggers.

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

9. What happens to sexually aggressive boys in the primitive community?
(a) Their aggression is encouraged for the good of the community.
(b) They are sacrificed on the high altar.
(c) They are castrated.
(d) They are chained in a dungeon.

10. At the end of the novel, where are Dr. Poole and Loola headed?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Bakersfield.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Canada.

11. What will happen to the deformation rate of babies in fifty years, according to the Arch Vicar?
(a) It will double
(b) It will halve.
(c) It will stay about the same.
(d) It will triple.

12. What emotion best describes Dr. Poole's state of mind after the mating rituals?
(a) Pride.
(b) Scientific curiosity.
(c) Joy.
(d) Guilt.

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

14. The Hots community has what relationship to the government of the primitives?
(a) The Hots community does not honor any government edicts or demands.
(b) The Hots cower in front of the government and will honor any request.
(c) The Hots benefit financially from following governmental orders.
(d) The Hots are secretly led by the government, and so secretly follow its orders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In his conversation with Dr. Poole, the Arch Vicar shows himself to be an expert in which field?

2. When workers arrive to be assigned jobs for the year, what article of clothing are they given?

3. Where are the Arch Vicar's books kept?

4. What is Loola's initial perspective on her night of sex with Dr. Poole?

5. Why is Chief displeased with Dr. Poole and his opinion of food production?

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