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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: The Script, pages 50-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the foundation of modern life to the narrator?
(a) Joy.
(b) Rage.
(c) Fear.
(d) Jealousy.

2. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?
(a) The names in the script were changed for legal reasons.
(b) Ape and Essence was heavily edited to improve dialogue and story.
(c) The Ape and Essence appearing in the novel was created from a memory of the script itself.
(d) Ape and Essence was reprinted without change or comment.

3. William Tallis died from ___________.
(a) Cancer of the throat.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A hit-and-run car accident.
(d) A botched surgery.

4. Why does Dr. Poole claim he cannot fix the Chief's train?
(a) Dr. Poole would only fix the train if the Chief released Loola.
(b) Dr. Poole does not possess the necessary engineering background.
(c) Dr. Poole pretends he does not know how to fix the train to provide leverage for future negotiations.
(d) Dr. Poole does not wish to help the Chief, whom he considers evil.

5. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?
(a) The fact that it is in pristine, unopened condition.
(b) Its opening poetry.
(c) Its professional hole punches and brads.
(d) Its glossy title page.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?

2. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?

3. Which scientist is leashed by a female baboon at the beginning of the screenplay?

4. William Tallis is from ____________.

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

(see the answer key)

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