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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Blunders of Science - Toward a New SuperScience.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster "stand for?"
(a) All that is purple.
(b) All that is cheesy.
(c) All that is saucy.
(d) All that is good.

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

3. What day of the week is the Flying Spaghetti Monster's chosen holiday?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

4. According to Henderson, what does the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of gravity lack that could make the theory more accepted?
(a) Enthusiastic proponents.
(b) Supporting photographs.
(c) Empirical evidence.
(d) Examples.

5. What does Henderson NOT use to prove the inferiority of empirical science?
(a) The elimination of demon-induced illnesses.
(b) The eradication of wizards.
(c) The extermination of witches.
(d) The lack of discovery of new land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 'subject in crisis'?"

2. What does SuperScience stand for?

3. What does Longshanks say is wrong with all the scientists who support the theory of Evolution?

4. What was the average height for humans two thousand years ago?

5. What is the "strange and often misunderstood force" that, according to Henderson, the Flying Spaghetti Monster controls with His Noodly Appendage?

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