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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 is Chief able to keep a tight rein on Dr. Poole after meeting him?

2. According to a chorus of youths, what is "the chief end of Man"?

3. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?

4. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?

5. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Bob Briggs and the narrator initially become interested in "Ape and Essence"?

3. What about Dr. Poole's presence is surprising to Chief?

4. What is the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition, and what is its mission?

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

6. What is the importance of where Tallis preferred to be buried?

7. How is Dr. Poole described? What does Dr. Schneeglock think of him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sex versus romance creates tension in Ape and Essence. Explain how this tension is developed through the following situations:

a) The relationship between Dr. Poole and Loola.

b) The relationship between Dr. Poole and Miss Ethel Hook.

c) The Chief's sexual behavior versus the Arch Vicar's sexual behavior

d) The seasonal mating ritual of the primitives

Essay Topic 2

Explain the fictionalized world history put forth by Ape and Essence. How was the majority of mankind destroyed? Why was New Zealand spared? How does fear of war relate to the time period Huxley was writing in?

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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