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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Blunders of Science - An Alternative Vision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Henderson, what is the Buddhists' sacred text?
(a) The Bananapada.
(b) Rub Buddha's Belly.
(c) The Ramayana.
(d) The Holy Book of Buddhas.

2. What group of people does Henderson say "receive the most Flying Spaghetti Monster touching?"
(a) Children.
(b) Cave men.
(c) Midgets.
(d) Angels.

3. 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) Gravity.
(c) Centrifugal force.
(d) Electricity.

4. What does Henderson say led to the Passenger Pigeon's extinction?
(a) McDonald's "McPidgin sandwich."
(b) Poachers.
(c) Bad genes.
(d) Pigeon-hunting parties.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster against?

2. What does Henderson say the term "ex nihilo" means?

3. According to Henderson, what could happen to make man grow shorter after getting so tall in contemporary times?

4. What does Henderson say are the two forms of selection?

5. What is the average height for humans today?

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