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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. What is the occupation of Bob Briggs?
(a) Botanist.
(b) Retired military officer.
(c) Gravedigger.
(d) Screenwriter.

2. How does Dr. Poole become separated from his team?
(a) He decides to confront the aggressive baboons in a nearby village.
(b) He stops to observe an unusual species of plant.
(c) He becomes injured, and the others will not slow for him.
(d) He stops to propose marriage to Miss Ethel Hook.

3. What explanation does the Arch Vicar have for his community's restricted mating patterns?
(a) It is due to the powerful influence of the Hots community.
(b) It is due to excessive gamma radiation.
(c) It is the Law of Belial.
(d) It is necessary for survival.

4. How does the Arch Vicar aid Dr. Poole in seeing the mating rituals better?
(a) He orders the lights to be turned on.
(b) He orders all couples to be brought out into the moonlight.
(c) He gives him a walking tour.
(d) He gives him night-vision goggles.

5. What is the leashed scientist beaten with by the female baboon holding him?
(a) A riding switch.
(b) The Bible.
(c) A spatula.
(d) A candlestick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Bob Briggs in financial trouble?

3. How do the primitives explain the men's propensity to hit women?

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

5. What injures Miss Ethel Hook when she goes to look for Dr. Poole?

(see the answer key)

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