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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dolly the cloned sheep named after?
(a) Dolly from "Family Circus."
(b) Dolly Parton.
(c) Dolly Madison.
(d) Dolly Levi.

2. How many rubber bands does one need to make the Flying Spaghetti Monster Simulacrum?
(a) About 100.
(b) About 200.
(c) About 10.
(d) About 50.

3. According to Henderson, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism is the only religion supported by what?
(a) SuperScience.
(b) A carbohydrate-based deity.
(c) Hard science.
(d) Enthusiastic scientists.

4. What was the Big Bang?
(a) The Flying Spaghetti Monster stomping on a cockroach.
(b) The Flying Spaghetti Monster falling out of bed.
(c) The Flying Spaghetti Monster shooting off fireworks.
(d) The Flying Spaghetti Monster slamming the door.

5. What does Henderson say is really behind the John Scopes trial?
(a) The ACLU.
(b) The MADD.
(c) The NRA.
(d) The NAACP.

6. What was Giordano Bruno's original name?
(a) Phillip.
(b) Dante.
(c) Fillipo.
(d) Lucca.

7. How did the midget in the Olive Garden of Eden break his tooth?
(a) He fell down.
(b) He got in a fight with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
(c) Eve hit him in the mouth.
(d) He bit down on an olive pit.

8. What is the purpose of the Enlightenment Institute?
(a) Proving the superiority of Pirates.
(b) Proving the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
(c) Proving the theory of Intelligent Design.
(d) Proving the theory of Evolution.

9. What are the Flying Spaghetti Monster's meatballs made of in the FSM Simulacrum?
(a) Brown clay.
(b) Brown fluff balls.
(c) Brown pipe cleaners.
(d) Brown putty.

10. What group of people does Henderson say will likely not be open to converting to Pastafarianism?
(a) Scientologists.
(b) Jains.
(c) Athiests.
(d) Christians.

11. What holiday honors the era when Pirates freely roamed the Earth?
(a) Ramendan.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Friday.
(d) Holiday.

12. Why was the Flying Spaghetti Monster left out of the portrait of the signing of the American Constitution?
(a) To keep church and state separate.
(b) He was invisible.
(c) The artist did not know how to paint him.
(d) He did not actually sign the Constitution.

13. According to Henderson, theories are not the same as:
(a) Facts.
(b) Convictions.
(c) Concepts.
(d) Ideas.

14. What does Henderson say about other religions?
(a) They are silly.
(b) They are imitating Pastafarianism.
(c) They are based on superstition.
(d) They are misguided.

15. According to Henderson, why might the Flying Spaghetti Monster have interfered with aboriginal hunters?
(a) To teach them to make boomerangs.
(b) To get them to eat more pasta.
(c) The FSM is fond of kangaroos.
(d) To save them from predators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a supply needed to make a Pirate-fish stencil?

2. When is a parrot -- or parrot substitute -- useful to a Pirate?

3. What holiday celebrates the time the Flying Spaghetti Monster first began touching humans with his Noodly Appendage?

4. What theory says that all matter is made of "little noodlelike strings?"

5. What holiday is marked by the Passing of the Eye Patch ritual?

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