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

2. According to Henderson, science provides tools to achieve what purpose?
(a) To enable mankind to solve problems.
(b) To allow scientists to entertain themselves.
(c) To create a method for understanding God.
(d) To act as a modern-day religion.

3. What does SuperScience stand for?
(a) Super-Lame Science.
(b) Super-Awesome Science.
(c) Supernatural Science.
(d) Superfluous Science.

4. What is the "random and heartless struggle for dominance, commonly known as the survival of the fittest" described by Longshanks in his note?
(a) Rush hour.
(b) Evolution.
(c) High school.
(d) Youth group.

5. If witches do exist in the 21st century, why does Henderson say may be the reason they are not much of an issue?
(a) The Flying Spaghetti Monster protects them.
(b) They are all hiding and fireproofing themselves.
(c) They call themselves Wiccans now, not witches.
(d) They are responsible for many trendy pop bands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "the language of the forked tongue?"

3. What is the Flying Spaghetti Monsterist's "chosen garb?"

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

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

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