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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Script, pages 100-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assigns jobs in the primitive community?
(a) The Patriarch of Pasadena.
(b) The Satanic Science Practitioner.
(c) The Postulant.
(d) The Grand Inquisitor's Chief Assistant.

2. Where do the narrator and Bob Briggs meet at the outset of the novel?
(a) The Cottonwood Ranch.
(b) The Hollywood Cemetery.
(c) Murcia, California.
(d) The Studio Commissary.

3. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?
(a) Poolie.
(b) Alfie.
(c) Doc.
(d) Pooh Bear.

4. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?
(a) They will have no babies to sacrifice to the Devil.
(b) This shows that Belial is displeased with them.
(c) The radioactivity has likely reached lethal levels.
(d) This represents a dearth of much-needed manpower.

5. Where are the babies sacrificed to appease the Devil?
(a) An abandoned warehouse.
(b) The San Diego Zoo.
(c) The Los Angeles Coliseum.
(d) The corner of Sunset and Vine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the leashed scientist beaten with by the female baboon holding him?

2. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?

3. Which gravedigger apologizes to Dr. Poole by claiming that burying Dr. Poole was done only for fun?

4. What religion is Dr. Poole?

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

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