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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. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?
(a) At sea.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In the Hollywood Cemetery.
(d) In his homeland of Germany.

2. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?
(a) Books are burned.
(b) Women are pampered and treated to mineral baths.
(c) The Chief is presented with a token of the community's gratitude.
(d) A religious leader berates a young woman about the nature of woman.

3. How does Dr. Poole become separated from his team?
(a) He decides to confront the aggressive baboons in a nearby village.
(b) He stops to observe an unusual species of plant.
(c) He becomes injured, and the others will not slow for him.
(d) He stops to propose marriage to Miss Ethel Hook.

4. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) They will run out of food.
(b) She will bear a deformed baby.
(c) Chief will kill her.
(d) She is slowly dying from radiation.

5. What is the name of Loola's friend who recently gave birth to a deformed baby?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Emily.
(c) Flossie.
(d) Polly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator of "Tallis" believe that Gandhi was assassinated?

2. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?

3. According to a chorus of youths, what is "the chief end of Man"?

4. How does Loola feel about the beating of the young woman at the hands of the primitives' religious leader?

5. What is the name for the primitives' religious leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dr. Poole described? What does Dr. Schneeglock think of him?

2. Describe the circumstances during which Dr. Poole is kidnapped.

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

4. What about Dr. Poole's presence is surprising to Chief?

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

6. What is the importance of where Tallis preferred to be buried?

7. Why is the Chief concerned about the present mating season?

8. Describe the opening of the movie "Ape and Essence."

9. What does Bob Briggs ask Lou Lublin for, and why? How does this relate to a religious painting?

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

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