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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: The Script, pages 75-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Arch Vicar, why do his people worship the Devil?
(a) In order to delay the horror of the inevitable for moments longer.
(b) The Devil holds the key to rational behavior and beliefs for mankind.
(c) They feed off his power and wish to be possessed by his spirit.
(d) The Devil has humanity's best interests at heart.

2. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?
(a) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
(b) Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) A volume of Shelley's poetry.
(d) A collection of letters and personal essays by Marcel Proust.

3. According to the Arch Vicar, how do Men destroy themselves?
(a) By destroying their environment.
(b) By impregnating women.
(c) By sacrificing deformed babies.
(d) By using drugs.

4. How does Dr. Poole react to Polly's child being killed?
(a) He faints.
(b) He is caught up in the mob mentality and cheers along with everyone else.
(c) He becomes angered and must be restrained.
(d) He chokes the Patriarch of Pasadena to death.

5. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
(a) They would not have liked one another.
(b) They would have gotten along splendidly.
(c) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.
(d) They would have been indifferent to one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?

2. Who was NOT among the team of scientists from New Zealand?

3. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?

4. The lobby of the Cocktail Bar is filled with which group of people?

5. What does Dr. Schneeglock blame for Dr. Poole's lack of a fulfillment of his promise?

(see the answer key)

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