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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. As Dr. Poole and Loola have sex, what is the Arch Vicar doing?

2. What emotion best describes Dr. Poole's state of mind after the mating rituals?

3. What advantage does the Arch Vicar see for an unmutated male to join his church?

4. Who is at the very top of the religious hierarchy in the primitive community?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the moment in which Dr. Poole and Loola discover romantic feelings for one another, rather than lust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain how the back story and plot points of the script "Ape and Essence" reveal the author's own fears about the threat of nuclear war and annihilation.

Essay Topic 3

Ape and Essence presents a dystopic view of the future. What is a dystopia? What are the features of such a place? What specific aspects of Ape and Essence are dystopic? Why might an author depict such a dystopia?

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