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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 is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?
(a) She wishes Dr. Poole would drop dead.
(b) She wishes Dr. Poole would leave the team and go back to New Zealand, for his own safety.
(c) She wishes Dr. Poole would propose marriage to her.
(d) She wishes Dr. Poole would teach her more about the flora and fauna they discover.

2. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?
(a) Its opening poetry.
(b) Its glossy title page.
(c) Its professional hole punches and brads.
(d) The fact that it is in pristine, unopened condition.

3. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Intelligence.

4. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?
(a) Joy.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Rage.
(d) Fear.

5. According to a chorus of youths, what is "the chief end of Man"?
(a) To propitiate Belial.
(b) To protect and shelter women.
(c) To die in an inferno of glory.
(d) To eat, drink, and be merry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Cottonwood Ranch located?

2. What is the occupation of Bob Briggs?

3. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?

4. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Bob Briggs appraisal of Gandhi?

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

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

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

6. Describe the scene in which baboons are gathered at a palace.

7. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?

8. How do Bob Briggs and the narrator initially become interested in "Ape and Essence"?

9. What are the Purification Ceremonies?

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

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