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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. According to the Arch Vicar, how long has mankind pitted itself against Nature?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Three centuries.
(c) Three years.
(d) 100,000 years.

2. How many laborers are assigned to Dr. Poole in his job?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Four.
(c) None.
(d) Twelve.

3. How does the Arch Vicar aid Dr. Poole in seeing the mating rituals better?
(a) He orders the lights to be turned on.
(b) He gives him night-vision goggles.
(c) He orders all couples to be brought out into the moonlight.
(d) He gives him a walking tour.

4. What does the Arch Vicar believe about Belial's relationship to the atomic bomb?
(a) Belial created atomic technology, but intended it to be used as a source of limitless energy.
(b) The bomb was essential for Belial to degrade mankind.
(c) Belial personally engineered the bomb.
(d) Belial would have degraded mankind with or without the bomb.

5. Which of the following does the Arch Vicar NOT blame for world wars?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Overpopulation.
(c) Famine.
(d) Demonic possession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that sex has become seasonal for the primitive community?

2. The desert tombstone has poetry from which poet inscribed on it?

3. In his conversation with Dr. Poole, the Arch Vicar shows himself to be an expert in which field?

4. What is the Arch Vicar's perspective on sexual intercourse?

5. According to the Arch Vicar, what does Man call Progress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Arch Vicar's stance on the reality of demonic possession?

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

3. Describe the circumstances of Dr. Poole's rape.

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

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

6. What became of the Canterbury and its crew, ultimately?

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

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

9. Does the Arch Vicar wish for Dr. Poole to join the church? Why or why not?

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

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