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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 the congregation chant as the babies are sacrificed?

2. What will happen to the deformation rate of babies in fifty years, according to the Arch Vicar?

3. What is the name for the innermost chamber where the Arch Vicar resides?

4. Where are the babies sacrificed to appease the Devil?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Does the Arch Vicar wish for Dr. Poole to join the church? Why or why not?

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

3. What is Dr. Poole's reasoning for why Belial can never win in his battle against mankind?

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

5. Describe the final scene of the film involving William Tallis' gravestone.

6. How does the poetry of Percy Shelley contribute to the development of romance between Dr. Poole and Loola?

7. Provide the following characters' views on sex: the Arch Vicar, the Chief, and Dr. Poole.

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

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

10. What discussion do the Chief, Arch Vicar, and Dr. Poole have concerning food production?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much discussion is centered around the discovery of the truth and the nature of knowledge. What kind of theory of truth/knowledge does the novel put forth? How do the Arch Vicar and Dr. Poole differ about the nature of truth and knowledge? What is the consequence for an absence of truth?

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

Examine the character of William Tallis and the extent to which he is a surrogate or reflection of Huxley himself. Why is it important that he wrote the Ape and Essence screenplay? What is the significance of his gravestone, and the grave's location?

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