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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?
(a) Bob agrees to never visit Cottonwood Ranch again.
(b) Bob agrees to schedule a screen test for her.
(c) Bob agrees to read her feature screenplay.
(d) Bob agrees to introduce her to a powerful music executive.

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

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

4. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?
(a) California.
(b) Russia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Peru.

5. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?
(a) The narrator is intrigued.
(b) The narrator is infuriated and punches Briggs.
(c) The narrator is disgusted and leaves the room.
(d) The narrator is bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders Dr. Poole to be buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?

2. How does Dr. Poole convince the gravediggers to spare him from being buried alive?

3. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?

4. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.

5. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?

Short Essay Questions

1. What background information is the narrator able to learn about William Tallis?

2. What is the narrator's point about love and fear when describing the crew of the Canterbury?

3. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.

4. Describe the moment involving a religious rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.

5. What is Bob Briggs appraisal of Gandhi?

6. Describe the Chief's conception of "Democracy."

7. How do Chief and Dr. Poole clash over books at Pershing Square?

8. How is Dr. Poole able to argue his way out of being buried alive?

9. What is the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition, and what is its mission?

10. Why was Gandhi killed according to the narrator?

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