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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 will happen to the deformation rate of babies in fifty years, according to the Arch Vicar?
(a) It will halve.
(b) It will triple.
(c) It will double
(d) It will stay about the same.

2. What injures Miss Ethel Hook when she goes to look for Dr. Poole?
(a) A poisonous snake.
(b) Gamma radiation.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) An arrow shot by a primitive.

3. When workers arrive to be assigned jobs for the year, what article of clothing are they given?
(a) Hats.
(b) Swimming trunks.
(c) Badges.
(d) Aprons.

4. According to the Arch Vicar, what makes men into cowards, saints, and humans?
(a) Technology.
(b) War.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Dr. Poole's emotions at seeing the mating rituals be best described?

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

3. According to the Arch Vicar, why do his people worship the Devil?

4. The deformed babies in the Cocktail Bar were all born between what dates?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is Loola finally swayed to run away with Dr. Poole?

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

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

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