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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. How does Dr. Poole convince the gravediggers to spare him from being buried alive?
(a) He offers to teach them to grow better crops.
(b) He offers to give his boat to them.
(c) He offers to fix their train.
(d) He gives them several pieces of jewelry.

2. On which street corner does Chief order books to be incinerated?
(a) Mausoleum Way and Hollywood Cemetery Square.
(b) 11th Street and Washington Boulevard.
(c) Belial Avenue and Azrael Drive.
(d) 5th Street and Pershing Square.

3. Why was New Zealand spared from the destruction that ravaged the rest of the planet?
(a) Its leaders engaged in clever diplomacy.
(b) Because of raging sea storms, it was not accessible to aggressors.
(c) It was not deemed to be of any important military value.
(d) It built great bunkers that protected its people.

4. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?
(a) The gorilla.
(b) The chimpanzee.
(c) The baboon.
(d) The cheeky monkey.

5. Why does the narrator of "Tallis" believe that Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) Gandhi believed only in people, and not in art or politics.
(b) Gandhi was a political animal, and he paid the price.
(c) He soundly rejected the real people in favor of nationalization.
(d) Gandhi's followers realized how self-centered he was.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kidnaps Dr. Poole?

2. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?

3. Why are the primitives unable to make clothes?

4. The narrator makes an analogy between Gandhi's nonviolence and what feature of Bob Brigg's life?

5. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bob Briggs help Rosie?

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

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

5. Why was Gandhi killed according to the narrator?

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

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

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

9. Describe the first moment of commonality shared by Dr. Poole and Loola following the rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.

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

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