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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 does Henderson say are the two forms of selection?
(a) Natural selection and sexual selection.
(b) Natural selection and conscious selection.
(c) Conscious selection and sexual selection.
(d) Subconscious selection and natural selection.

2. What example is NOT listed in Longshanks' list of choices enjoyed by Americans?
(a) Target or Wal-Mart.
(b) Republican or Democrat.
(c) Coke or Pepsi.
(d) Ham or salami.

3. What is a word that Henderson says refers to the Flying Spaghetti Monster's mischeviousness?
(a) A plot.
(b) A plan.
(c) A consPiracy.
(d) A scheme.

4. According to the scientific theory of gravity, gravity is the force of attraction between what?
(a) Static electricity and cloth.
(b) Moving objects.
(c) Massive particles.
(d) Shiny surfaces.

5. What is the "one undeniable theory" mentioned in "An Alternate Vision?"
(a) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is bored with mankind.
(b) The Flying Spaghetti Monster does not like people.
(c) The Flying Spaghetti Monster forgot about Earth.
(d) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is not very bright.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What food do the Pastafarians serve for their Communions?

3. What did the Flying Spaghetti Monster do when he was "careless, cruel, drunk, or even high?"

4. According to Henderson, what religion's feelings are easily hurt?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Henderson say is the more likely ancestor of humanity; apes or Pirates? Why?

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

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

7. What leads Henderson to conclude that midgets are "on a pedestal in His [the Flying Spaghetti Monster's] eyes?"

8. Henderson asserts that the Earth is actually 5,000 years old. How does he explain the scientific evidence that the Earth is actually billions of years old?

9. What evidence does Henderson use to support his theory that kiwi birds are lazy?

10. In Longshanks' note, how does Longshanks describe the concepts of Intelligent Design and Evolution?

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