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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. When Loola is assigned to her new job, at which location does she work?

2. Why is Miss Ethel Hook administered a sedative by the crew of the Canterbury?

3. What is the name for those who do not obey the strict mating rituals of the Arch Vicar's religion?

4. Where do the Hots live?

5. How long has it taken for the primitive community to establish their pattern of mating rituals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scientific reason does the script narrator give for the restrictive mating season of the primitives?

2. What restrictions are placed on mating in the primitive community? What happens to those who dare to disobey?

3. What difference does the narrator make between conscience and customs?

4. What happens to young boys who show early signs of sexual aggression in the primitive community?

5. How does the Arch Vicar find out about Dr. Poole's escape? How does he react?

6. Describe what occurs immediately preceding Dr. Poole's faint at the Purification Ceremonies.

7. What commentary does the script narrator offer about joy (as described in a poem by Shelley) and the possibility of joy in the ape-mind?

8. What is the Arch Vicar's theory of history? What does this have to do with the "Order of Things"?

9. Describe the circumstances of Dr. Poole's rape.

10. What is peculiar about the babies being prepared for the Purification Ceremonies?

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

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 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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