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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the primitives mark women who have not produced a healthy baby during the season?
(a) By tattooing them on the shoulders.
(b) By writing "NO" on their clothing.
(c) By shaving their heads.
(d) By making them wear distinct earrings.

2. Where is Cottonwood Ranch located?
(a) Outside of Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Hollywood, California.
(c) Murcia, California.
(d) New Zealand.

3. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) Chief will kill her.
(b) They will run out of food.
(c) She will bear a deformed baby.
(d) She is slowly dying from radiation.

4. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?
(a) $33,000.
(b) $3.67.
(c) $45.00.
(d) $150,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the primitives unable to make clothes?

2. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?

3. How are the books incinerated in the Chief's book-burning ceremony?

4. When Bob Briggs speaks about his personal history, how does the narrator react?

5. What kind of primate represents the greatest among man, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bob Briggs help Rosie?

2. Describe the opening of the movie "Ape and Essence."

3. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.

4. Describe the moment involving a religious rite practiced by the Satanic Science Practitioner.

5. List the allusions/references found in this section of the text.

6. Why does the Chief order his gravediggers to bury Dr. Poole?

7. How do Bob Briggs and the narrator initially become interested in "Ape and Essence"?

8. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

9. Why is the Chief concerned about the present mating season?

10. Describe the Chief's conception of "Democracy."

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