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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 is the Flying Spaghetti Monsterist's "chosen garb?"
(a) Tutus.
(b) Footie pajamas.
(c) Full pirate regalia.
(d) Banana costumes.

2. According to the scientific theory of gravity, gravity is the force of attraction between what?
(a) Shiny surfaces.
(b) Static electricity and cloth.
(c) Massive particles.
(d) Moving objects.

3. 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 discovery of HIV.
(d) The absence of hurricanes.

4. Why does Henderson speculate that praying does not cure disease?
(a) God is making spaghetti and is distracted.
(b) God is too busy listening to everyone else's prayers.
(c) People are praying incorrectly or to the wrong God.
(d) People are praying for silly reasons.

5. What is the "strange and often misunderstood force" that, according to Henderson, the Flying Spaghetti Monster controls with His Noodly Appendage?
(a) Static electricity.
(b) Centrifugal force.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Electricity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people does Henderson say "receive the most Flying Spaghetti Monster touching?"

2. According to the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of gravity, why are people getting taller?

3. In "An Alternative Viewpoint," which manufacturer is NOT included in Longshanks' list of television makers?

4. In "An Alternative Viewpoint," where does Longshanks say Bobby Henderson purportedly sleep?

5. According to Henderson, what does the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of gravity lack that could make the theory more accepted?

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