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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 do the Canterbury scientists ultimately decide to do about Dr. Poole?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Stage a military rescue.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Air bomb the entire area.

2. What is the Arch Vicar's opinion of demon possession?
(a) Demon possession is but a small part of man's degradation.
(b) It is a foolish notion reserved for the lowest among his people.
(c) Belial possesses people in order to help them achieve grace.
(d) It is the only explanation for man's irrational behavior and actions.

3. Who assigns jobs in the primitive community?
(a) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(b) The Patriarch of Pasadena.
(c) The Grand Inquisitor's Chief Assistant.
(d) The Postulant.

4. What is the Chief's perspective on sexual intercourse?
(a) He only participates in sex for procreation.
(b) He enjoys it on a regular basis.
(c) He feels no emotion from sexual intercourse.
(d) It is revolting.

5. On what structure are the babies sacrificed?
(a) Vessel of the Unholy Spirit.
(b) The High Altar.
(c) Belial's Butcher Block.
(d) The Occasional Table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for the innermost chamber where the Arch Vicar resides?

2. What will happen to the deformation rate of babies in fifty years, according to the Arch Vicar?

3. What does the Arch Vicar call the calamity of World War that destroyed most of the world?

4. What happens to sexually aggressive boys in the primitive community?

5. What is Loola's initial perspective on her night of sex with Dr. Poole?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events in which Dr. Poole and Loola are assigned new jobs in the primitive community.

2. What is the Arch Vicar's explanation for why his people worship Belial, all the while acknowledging the being's evilness.

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

4. How does the poetry of Percy Shelley contribute to the development of romance between Dr. Poole and Loola?

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

6. What restrictions are placed on mating in the primitive community? What happens to those who dare to disobey?

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

8. What difference does the narrator make between conscience and customs?

9. How does the Arch Vicar find out about Dr. Poole's escape? How does he react?

10. Describe what occurs immediately preceding Dr. Poole's faint at the Purification Ceremonies.

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