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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Blunders of Science - FSM vs. ID, an Unlikely Alliance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henderson use to "prove" empirical science's shortcomings?
(a) The lack of discovery of new land.
(b) The popularity of pop music.
(c) The absence of hurricanes.
(d) The discovery of HIV.

2. In "An Alternative Viewpoint," where does Longshanks say Bobby Henderson purportedly sleep?
(a) In a crib.
(b) In a pyramid.
(c) In a coffin.
(d) In a crypt.

3. In "An Alternate Vision," what do Snodgrass and Jaffari call their theory about creation?
(a) Unintelligent Design.
(b) Kind of Silly Design.
(c) Inexplicable Chaos.
(d) Intelligent Design.

4. What is the 'subject in crisis'?"
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Humanities.
(c) Science.
(d) History.

5. According to the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of gravity, why are people getting taller?
(a) The population is increasing.
(b) People have learned to make healthier pasta.
(c) The Flying Spaghetti Monster has been sleeping.
(d) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is getting bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of music does the Flying Spaghetti Monster dislike?

2. According to Henderson, people are playing politics with what topic?

3. Why does Henderson expect the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of gravity to be admitted into accepted science?

4. What does Henderson say led to the Passenger Pigeon's extinction?

5. What term does Henderson use to describe empirical science?

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