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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. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
2. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?
3. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
4. Where does the granddaughter of William Tallis live?
5. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
Short Essay Questions
1. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.
2. Why is the Chief concerned about the present mating season?
3. What is the importance of where Tallis preferred to be buried?
4. How do Bob Briggs and the narrator initially become interested in "Ape and Essence"?
5. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.
6. Describe the first moment of commonality shared by Dr. Poole and Loola following the rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.
7. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?
8. What point does the script narrator make about baboons and knowledge?
9. What are the Purification Ceremonies?
10. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the relationship between Dr. Poole and Loola. Why are they compatible souls? What aspects of humanity do they share? Why is Loola different from the other primitives? What does Loola have that Miss Ethel Hook does not?
Essay Topic 2
Ape and Essence is structure with a narrative frame. Explain the nature of this narrative frame and what effect the "story-within-a-story" has on reader comprehension and interpretation of the events.
Essay Topic 3
What role does Polly play in Ape and Essence? Why is she important for the reader to better understand or empathize with the situations in the novel?
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