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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosie's career aspiration?

2. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?

3. What became of William Tallis' second wife?

4. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?

5. Why does Dr. Poole claim he cannot fix the Chief's train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bob Briggs ask Lou Lublin for, and why? How does this relate to a religious painting?

2. Set the scene for the opening of the novel. What is happening? When?

3. What are the Purification Ceremonies?

4. What is the narrator's point about love and fear when describing the crew of the Canterbury?

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

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

7. Why was Gandhi killed according to the narrator?

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

9. Describe the circumstances during which Dr. Poole is kidnapped.

10. Why are the gravediggers robbing graves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Polly play in Ape and Essence? Why is she important for the reader to better understand or empathize with the situations in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are a frequent presence in Ape and Essence. Choose four literary allusions and explain their significance and meaning.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of Science in Ape and Essence? How does science drive the plot? Character motivations? How does Huxley regard the pursuit of Science? Is science a danger as well as a potential boon? Explain.

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