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

2. What is the official drink of Pirates?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Rum.
(c) Beer, or "grog."
(d) Beer, or "rotgut."

3. What is the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster against?
(a) All that is dry.
(b) All that is not good.
(c) All that is sarcastic.
(d) All that is garlicky.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henderson say The Flying Spaghetti Monster made the duck-billed platypus?

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

3. According to Henderson, what is the Jains' sacred text?

4. According to Henderson, science provides tools to achieve what purpose?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Snodgrass and Jaffari speculate that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is "trying to rekindle the low-carb diet craze" instead of eradicating what negative elements?

2. Why does Henderson argue that we are not made in the image of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

3. What makes Henderson speculate that Evolution could "just mean growing old?"

4. Name three of the religions and Henderson's titles for their holy books enumerated in "A Letter from Bobby Henderson."

5. What about the Communion Test makes it a good way to prove the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to unbelievers?

6. According to Henderson, what is the correlation between population increase and humans' increased height?

7. What type of organization is Henderson afraid his readers will think the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is? What kind of organization does Henderson say Pastafarianism actually is?

8. According to Henderson, what will happen when "the god-hating communists have won?"

9. What are the two reasons Henderson gives for the decrease in witches in modern society?

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

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