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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. How does Loola feel about the beating of the young woman at the hands of the primitives' religious leader?

2. For how long have the primitives been raiding gravesites?

3. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?

4. What is Miss Ethel Hook's desire, with respect to Dr. Poole?

5. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What point does the script narrator make about baboons and knowledge?

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

3. Describe the first moment of commonality shared by Dr. Poole and Loola following the rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.

4. What are the specifics of Bob Briggs' personal troubles at the outset of the novel?

5. Describe the opening of the movie "Ape and Essence."

6. What is Bob Briggs appraisal of Gandhi?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the philosophical passages in Ape and Essence are devoted to the nature of evil. According to Dr. Poole, what is the nature of evil? What is the nature of evil to the Arch Vicar? In each man's view, what is man's relationship to Belial/evil? Can man improve his station or somehow overcome evil eventually?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the steps involved in the Purification Ceremonies of Belial's Day. What is the goal of the Purification Ceremonies? What is the religious belief system behind the ceremonies?

Essay Topic 3

Explain some of the Arch Vicar's views? These would include:

a) theory of world history

b) theory of divinity and Belial

c) theory of demon possession

d) why his church is a positive influence

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