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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 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) They would have been indifferent to one another.
(d) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.

2. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) John "Mad Jack" Fuller.
(d) Michael Faraday.

3. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs discover the screenplay at the heart of the novel?
(a) Outside the Studio Commissary.
(b) On the Canterbury ship.
(c) In Murcia, California.
(d) At Cottonwood Ranch.

4. According to the narrator, what was Gandhi's "great secret"?
(a) The fact that he secretly yearned for power and glory.
(b) He was a great admirer of art and artists.
(c) He was a serial adulterer.
(d) The fact that he did not want anything for himself.

5. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?
(a) He wrote the script on a bet with a friend.
(b) He wanted to earn money to send to his granddaughter.
(c) He wanted to warn people about the fluoride put in the nation's water supply.
(d) He wanted to became a world-famous film director.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

2. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?

3. By the time Cottonwood Ranch is visited, how long had William Tallis been dead?

4. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?

5. Who is living on Tallis' Cottonwood Ranch when it is visited by the filmmaker(s)?

(see the answer key)

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