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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 for the innermost chamber where the Arch Vicar resides?

2. With respect to the strange behavior of the primitives, Dr. Poole experiences a change from which state to which state?

3. The Hots community has what relationship to the government of the primitives?

4. Where do Dr. Poole and Loola first have sex?

5. According to Dr. Poole, why can Belial never win the war for humanity's soul?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Arch Vicar's stance on the reality of demonic possession?

2. 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?

3. Why does Loola feel that Dr. Poole is different from other men she has known?

4. What became of the Canterbury and its crew, ultimately?

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

6. Describe the initial entrance of the Arch Vicar.

7. What is the Arch Vicar's explanation for why his people worship Belial, all the while acknowledging the being's evilness.

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

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

10. Describe the scene, including the chanting, taking place in the Los Angeles Coliseum at the height of the Purification Ceremonies.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The poetry of Percy Shelley is a crucial element in the novel. Examine the passages of Shelley's poetry engraved on William Tallis' gravestone. What does this poetry mean? Why was it chosen for the tombstone? What overall message should the reader take away from this poetry?

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

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.

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