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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. With respect to the strange behavior of the primitives, Dr. Poole experiences a change from which state to which state?
(a) Joy to Ecstasy.
(b) Horror to scientific curiosity.
(c) Pain to Despair.
(d) Scientific curiosity to joy.

2. In the Arch Vicar's religion, how is procreation regulated?
(a) There are no restrictions on procreation.
(b) Only the most athletically gifted are allowed to mate.
(c) Women are artificially inseminated.
(d) Couples are only allowed to mate during a two-week interval.

3. The Hots community has what relationship to the government of the primitives?
(a) The Hots are secretly led by the government, and so secretly follow its orders.
(b) The Hots cower in front of the government and will honor any request.
(c) The Hots benefit financially from following governmental orders.
(d) The Hots community does not honor any government edicts or demands.

4. Which church member actually does the killing of the babies?
(a) The Postulant.
(b) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(c) The Patriarch of Pasadena.
(d) The Arch-Vicar.

5. When Dr. Poole and Loola stop for a night after their escape, they are thirty miles outside of what town?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Lancaster.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which church member whips the mothers after the babies are sacrificed?

3. Who is NOT among Dr. Poole's initial guests to his new laboratory?

4. How does Dr. Poole react to Polly's child being killed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is peculiar about the babies being prepared for the Purification Ceremonies?

2. What commentary does the script narrator offer about joy (as described in a poem by Shelley) and the possibility of joy in the ape-mind?

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

4. What discussion do the Chief, Arch Vicar, and Dr. Poole have concerning food production?

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

6. What is Dr. Poole's reasoning for why Belial can never win in his battle against mankind?

7. What effect has the Industrial Revolution had on humanity according to the Arch Vicar?

8. What is the Arch Vicar's theory of history? What does this have to do with the "Order of Things"?

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

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

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