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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 the "proposed selective force of Evolution?"

2. What does Henderson say the term "ex nihilo" means?

3. Why does Henderson speculate that praying does not cure disease?

4. According to Henderson, what is the Buddhists' sacred text?

5. When did the Flying Spaghetti Monster reveal Himself to man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have Intelligent Design proponents been "targeting education officials?"

2. Name three examples of choices Longshanks lists as being offered to Americans.

3. Why does Henderson argue that we are not made in the image of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

4. Name three of the religions and Henderson's titles for their holy books enumerated in "A Letter from Bobby Henderson."

5. What leads Henderson to conclude that midgets are "on a pedestal in His [the Flying Spaghetti Monster's] eyes?"

6. What is natural selection?

7. According to Snodgrass and Jaffari, what was the Flying Spaghetti Monster's state of mind when he created the universe?

8. According to Henderson, what is the correlation between population increase and humans' increased height?

9. In his proposed experiment in "Kiwi Birds: Flightless?" what does Henderson suggest the researcher do to give the kiwi bird motivation to fly?

10. Why does Henderson assert that "one suggested theory is just as good as another?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining Henderson's argument that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is responsible for the theory of Intelligent Design. Some questions you may want to consider include: How does Henderson's depiction of Intelligent Design proponents mesh with the above argument? If the FSM created ID, and the FSM is also responsible for making the Earth look like the product of Evolution, what does that say about the debate between Evolution and ID?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining parody as a literary genre. Explain the genre and its characteristics, being sure to include examples of famous parodies and explaining how and why The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster qualifies as a parody. Be sure to include detains from Henderson's book and explain what they are parodying. Support any and all assertions with quotes or examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay assessing Henderson's statement that "Pastafarianism is the only religion based on empirical evidence." What empirical evidence does Henderson use to support Pastafarianism? How does Henderson's assertion mesh with his inclusion of elements like "SuperScience" and Henderson's insistence that all theories are equally valid?

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