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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 is the name of Bob Briggs' wife?

2. What destination have the team of scientists from New Zealand chosen?

3. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?

4. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?

5. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Chief concerned about the present mating season?

3. How does Bob Briggs help Rosie?

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

5. How do Chief and Dr. Poole clash over books at Pershing Square?

6. Why was Gandhi killed according to the narrator?

7. Describe the Chief's conception of "Democracy."

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

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

10. Describe the moment involving a religious rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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