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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. What is the name of Loola's friend who recently gave birth to a deformed baby?
(a) Emily.
(b) Flossie.
(c) Ethel.
(d) Polly.

2. Which gravedigger apologizes to Dr. Poole by claiming that burying Dr. Poole was done only for fun?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Flossie.
(c) Chief.
(d) Loola.

3. 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's followers realized how self-centered he was.
(d) Gandhi was a political animal, and he paid the price.

4. Who comforts Polly when her baby is being taken to be killed?
(a) Loola.
(b) Chief.
(c) The Arch Vicar.
(d) Miss Ethel Hook.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which book does Dr. Poole save from the book burning ordered by the Chief?

3. Why was a gravedigger subjected to a punishment of twenty-five lashes?

4. Near which major city do the scientists finally land?

5. Who orders all the mothers to the "place of shame"?

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