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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?
(a) Doc.
(b) Alfie.
(c) Poolie.
(d) Pooh Bear.
2. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?
(a) Food.
(b) Love.
(c) Art.
(d) War.
3. At which location is Chief presented with a necklace made of bones?
(a) Lincoln Park.
(b) Pershing Square.
(c) The Cocktail Bar.
(d) The Observatory.
4. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?
(a) Books are burned.
(b) The Chief is presented with a token of the community's gratitude.
(c) A religious leader berates a young woman about the nature of woman.
(d) Women are pampered and treated to mineral baths.
5. William Tallis is from ____________.
(a) New Zealand.
(b) London, England.
(c) Bakersfield, California.
(d) Murcia, California.
6. What group of artists does Bob Briggs compare himself to in "Tallis"?
(a) The Surrealist Writers.
(b) The Impressionist Painters.
(c) The Romantic Poets.
(d) The Baroque Composers.
7. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) She will bear a deformed baby.
(b) Chief will kill her.
(c) She is slowly dying from radiation.
(d) They will run out of food.
8. For how long have the primitives been raiding gravesites?
(a) Four days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Two hundred years.
9. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?
(a) Lou Lublin.
(b) Dr. Alfred Poole.
(c) William Tallis
(d) Bob Briggs.
10. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?
(a) Its glossy title page.
(b) The fact that it is in pristine, unopened condition.
(c) Its professional hole punches and brads.
(d) Its opening poetry.
11. What is the name of Bob Briggs' wife?
(a) Miss Ethel Hook.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Katie.
12. What does the Chief believe about the current level of discipline in the primitive community?
(a) As he delivers discipline himself, he is quite pleased with the level of discipline.
(b) He does not believe in the harsh discipline exacted by the religious leaders.
(c) He believes the community lacks proper discipline.
(d) He believes people should be more free to pursue their own interests.
13. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?
(a) Its citizens created a magical forcefield.
(b) The country was deemed to not be of strategic value.
(c) Dr. Poole lies and states that most of New Zealand was destroyed.
(d) Dr. Poole refuses to admit he is from New Zealand.
14. How is Chief able to keep a tight rein on Dr. Poole after meeting him?
(a) Dr. Poole is handcuffed.
(b) Dr. Poole is strapped to a table which is carried around.
(c) Dr. Poole is administered an intoxicating drug.
(d) Dr. Poole's kneecaps are broken.
15. What event resulted in the destruction of a majority of mankind in the screenplay?
(a) World War Three.
(b) Overpopulation of a poisonous frog.
(c) A deadly plague.
(d) Robots who turned on their masters.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to a chorus of youths, what is "the chief end of Man"?
2. William Tallis died from ___________.
3. In the beginning of the screenplay, the narrator warns that "all too often" Art takes Nature and __________.
4. According to the narrator, truth without charity is not God but ___________.
5. The Chief figure declares that he is operating under what type of government?
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