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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. Why does Amanda appear to flummox the FBI agents in the future?
(a) She feeds them her marijuana cookies.
(b) She points out that they have done nothing wrong.
(c) She nearly forces him to question his reliance on symbols.
(d) She is able to smuggle her animals out of the house without their notice.

2. From what infirmity do the caretaker nuns in the Vatican suffer?
(a) Muteness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) They lack feeling in their hands.

3. Upon what subject does Marx regularly lectures guests at the zoo?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Mon Cul.
(d) The tsetse fly.

4. After and despite her declaration that she cannot sleep with Marx, what transpires between Marx and Amanda?
(a) Marx massages her back and she relents.
(b) Amanda and Marx nearly have sex.
(c) Marx performs oral sex on Amanda.
(d) Marx kisses Amanda.

5. What awakens the group the first morning they have assembled together to discuss the Second Coming?
(a) A deliveryman.
(b) The arrival of Father Gustadt.
(c) Gunshots for hunting season.
(d) A thunderstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Amanda ultimately decides there is nothing morally wrong with eating meat, with what practice does she take umbrage?

2. Why is Plucky able to easily leave the Vatican with the disguised Corpse?

3. What impresses and intimidates Plucky about the Vatican?

4. Who restores Plucky's faith in Catholicism?

5. Around summertime of Marx's employment, what subject does he frequently discuss with John Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Amanda decide she no longer wishes to be a part of the Corpse's future?

2. What is significant about the Corpse's appearance?

3. What does Plucky notice about the Vatican that pushes him to conclude that the Catholic church is dying?

4. Discuss the continual conflict between Marx and Amanda prior to his suicide attempt.

5. Describe the Second Coming as Marx discovers it.

6. What is Amanda's theory about Marx's presence at their zoo?

7. Compare and contrast Pan and Jesus.

8. Why is Plucky being sent to Vatican City and why is this significant?

9. Why does Amanda refuse to sleep with Marx and what occurs after her announcement?

10. How has Plucky been handling his situation with the Society, per Marx's initiation into the secret infiltration?

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