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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. On which deity do the primitives blame their problems?
(a) Belial.
(b) Beelzebub.
(c) Peter.
(d) Satan.

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

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

4. The novel begins on what important day?
(a) The day Gandhi was assassinated.
(b) The day the U.S. stock market crashed.
(c) The day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
(d) The day World War II formally ended.

5. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?
(a) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.
(b) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.
(c) He wanted to became a world-famous film director.
(d) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?

3. What is the name of the scientists' ship in Ape and Essence?

4. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?

5. What is Rosie's career aspiration?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

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

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

5. Describe the landing of the Canterbury and the crew's first sight of land.

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

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

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

9. What is Bob Briggs appraisal of Gandhi?

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

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