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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is NOT listed as an example of Unintelligent Design?
(a) The Dodo.
(b) The Irish elk.
(c) The Indonesian mudskipper.
(d) The Llama.

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

3. What food do the Pastafarians serve for their Communions?
(a) Macaroni and cheese.
(b) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(c) Rotini and sauce.
(d) Fettucini alfredo.

4. What is the Communion Test designed to prove?
(a) The meatballs are healthy.
(b) That communion wafers are poisonous.
(c) That pasta is better than bread.
(d) The existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

5. What religious group waged war against the Pirates?
(a) The midgets.
(b) The Christians.
(c) The Hari Krishnas.
(d) The Jains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henderson say is the name of the man who invented the Macarena?

2. What does Henderson say is the difference between Intelligent Design and Pastafarianism?

3. What common college food seems to indicate the Flying Spaghetti Monster's presence on college campuses?

4. When was the last time Henderson says "such open-minded science policy" was seen?

5. What does Henderson say the Flying Spaghetti Monster spreads with his Noodly Appendage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discovery about penicillium mold and bacteria was first noticed by Sir Alexander Fleming?

2. Name three examples of choices Longshanks lists as being offered to Americans.

3. Henderson is convinced that the more one reads his book, the more convinced they will become about two specific points. What are they?

4. Why does Henderson write, "I can safely say, then, that anyone against the inclusion of supernatural theories into science wants children to starve?"

5. In Henderson's "Unified Spaghetti Theory," how can the reader create life?

6. In "Toward a New SuperScience, what are some reasons Henderson says supernatural science or superstition should be combined with empirical science?

7. Why did Portuguese sailors give the dodo bird its name?

8. What point does Henderson use to try to urge people to try Pastafarianism at the end of "A Letter from Bobby Henderson?"

9. Why have Intelligent Design proponents been "targeting education officials?"

10. Explain Henderson's Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of gravity.

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