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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. In the human condition, what does fear NOT cast out, according to the narrator?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Beauty.

2. Where is Cottonwood Ranch located?
(a) Hollywood, California.
(b) Outside of Chicago, Illinois.
(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) She is slowly dying from radiation.
(c) They will run out of food.
(d) She will bear a deformed baby.

4. At which location is Chief presented with a necklace made of bones?
(a) The Observatory.
(b) Pershing Square.
(c) Lincoln Park.
(d) The Cocktail Bar.

5. Where does the granddaughter of William Tallis live?
(a) Germany.
(b) Murcia, California.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The primitives' religious leader presses a young woman about what matter, eventually beating her?

3. What is Loola's nickname for Dr. Poole?

4. What became of William Tallis' immediate family?

5. What is the subject of the song the female baboon sings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition, and what is its mission?

3. What point does the script narrator make about baboons and knowledge?

4. Why was Gandhi killed according to the narrator?

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

6. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

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

8. How do Chief and Dr. Poole clash over books at Pershing Square?

9. What are the specifics of Bob Briggs' personal troubles at the outset of the novel?

10. What is the importance of where Tallis preferred to be buried?

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