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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: The Script, pages 122-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for those who do not obey the strict mating rituals of the Arch Vicar's religion?
(a) Furies.
(b) Hots.
(c) Gravediggers.
(d) Satanists.

2. The Hots community has what relationship to the government of the primitives?
(a) The Hots cower in front of the government and will honor any request.
(b) The Hots are secretly led by the government, and so secretly follow its orders.
(c) The Hots benefit financially from following governmental orders.
(d) The Hots community does not honor any government edicts or demands.

3. Bob fears Elaine is cheating on him with which man?
(a) William Tallis.
(b) A Moldavian baron.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Lou Lublin.

4. Why is Miss Ethel Hook administered a sedative by the crew of the Canterbury?
(a) She becomes furious at Dr. Cudworth for his failure to read their map correctly.
(b) Her wounds are fatal, and she is put out of her misery.
(c) She cannot fathom the notion of leaving Dr. Poole.
(d) She tries to engineer a mutiny after becoming fed up with the captain.

5. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?
(a) A plump girl beside him.
(b) The large emerald ring of a corpse.
(c) The fine clothes of a corpse.
(d) His leader's bacon sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Arch Vicar's opinion of demon possession?

2. What is the result of Dr. Poole and Loola's discussion in a car garage toward the end of the novel?

3. How long has it taken for the primitive community to establish their pattern of mating rituals?

4. Why did William Tallis write "Ape and Essence"?

5. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?

(see the answer key)

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