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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. Which desert do Dr. Poole and Loola cross to escape the primitive community?
(a) The Mojave Desert.
(b) The Arabian Desert.
(c) The Arizona Desert.
(d) Death Valley.

2. Who "ravishes" Dr. Poole during mating season?
(a) Two Postulants.
(b) Loola.
(c) Two young mulatto girls.
(d) Polly.

3. Which church member whips the mothers after the babies are sacrificed?
(a) The Postulant.
(b) The Patriarch of Pasadena.
(c) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(d) The Arch Vicar.

4. In what year did William Tallis die?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1948.

5. When Loola is assigned to her new job, at which location does she work?
(a) The Los Angeles Coliseum.
(b) The lab of the Director of Food Production.
(c) Silver Ore Mine.
(d) Hollywood cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the novel, where are Dr. Poole and Loola headed?

2. As Dr. Poole and Loola have sex, what is the Arch Vicar doing?

3. What is the Chief's perspective on sexual intercourse?

4. What does the Arch Vicar blame for famine and war?

5. The Hots community has what relationship to the government of the primitives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to young boys who show early signs of sexual aggression in the primitive community?

2. Describe the final scene of the film involving William Tallis' gravestone.

3. What scientific reason does the script narrator give for the restrictive mating season of the primitives?

4. How does the Arch Vicar defend his religion's practices with respect to Dr. Poole's own religion?

5. Describe Dr. Poole's emotional state of mind after being ravished by the two mulatto girls.

6. According to the Arch Vicar, did Belial need the atomic bomb to assure the destruction of mankind?

7. Describe the moment in which Dr. Poole and Loola discover romantic feelings for one another, rather than lust.

8. Why does Loola feel that Dr. Poole is different from other men she has known?

9. Describe the scene, including the chanting, taking place in the Los Angeles Coliseum at the height of the Purification Ceremonies.

10. Provide the following characters' views on sex: the Arch Vicar, the Chief, and Dr. Poole.

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