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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?

2. What is the first thing to appear in the "Ape and Essence" screenplay?

3. On what date do the explorer-scientists set out from New Zealand?

4. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?

5. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

2. What background information is the narrator able to learn about William Tallis?

3. How is Dr. Poole able to argue his way out of being buried alive?

4. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?

5. What does Bob Briggs ask Lou Lublin for, and why? How does this relate to a religious painting?

6. What are the Purification Ceremonies?

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

8. Describe the circumstances during which Dr. Poole is kidnapped.

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

10. Describe the landing of the Canterbury and the crew's first sight of land.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Hots Community. What are their beliefs? How were they formed? What is their culture like? Why does Dr. Poole wish to flee to this community?

Essay Topic 2

Similar to Huxley's own Brave New World, Ape and Essence is concerned with the danger of totalitarian states. Explain how Huxley makes this fear manifest and how world events in Huxley's life encouraged Huxley to pursue cautionary tales about totalitarianism.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of Science in Ape and Essence? How does science drive the plot? Character motivations? How does Huxley regard the pursuit of Science? Is science a danger as well as a potential boon? Explain.

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