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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: The Script, pages 25-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for the team of scientists at the heart of Ape and Essence?
(a) The New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition.
(b) The Post-War Analysis Committee.
(c) The Association for New Horizons.
(d) The California Knowledge Project.

2. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?
(a) The Coulton family.
(b) The Tallis family.
(c) The Lublin family.
(d) The Briggs family.

3. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?
(a) $45.00.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $33,000.
(d) $3.67.

4. Why does the narrator of "Tallis" believe that Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) He soundly rejected the real people in favor of nationalization.
(b) Gandhi believed only in people, and not in art or politics.
(c) Gandhi was a political animal, and he paid the price.
(d) Gandhi's followers realized how self-centered he was.

5. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Eighteen months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the granddaughter of William Tallis live?

2. What became of William Tallis' second wife?

3. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?

4. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs discover the screenplay at the heart of the novel?

5. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?

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