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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Henderson, what causes global warming?
2. If students are our future, what does Henderson say is also our future?
3. What day of the week is the Flying Spaghetti Monster's chosen holiday?
4. Henderson says that the Christian's Communion food is "basically" made of what substance?
5. According to Henderson, man is created in whose image?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads Henderson to conclude that midgets are "on a pedestal in His [the Flying Spaghetti Monster's] eyes?"
2. According to Henderson, why is college so expensive?
3. What is natural selection?
4. Why does Henderson say his "Communion Test" is so significant, even though supernatural science provides irrefutable proof of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's existence?
5. According to Snodgrass and Jaffari, what was the Flying Spaghetti Monster's state of mind when he created the universe?
6. What about the Communion Test makes it a good way to prove the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to unbelievers?
7. Why does Henderson write, "I can safely say, then, that anyone against the inclusion of supernatural theories into science wants children to starve?"
8. What about the authors themselves makes Snodgrass and Jaffari assert that their Unintelligent Design theory appeals to religious people and "brainiacs" alike?
9. 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?
10. In Henderson's "Unified Spaghetti Theory," how can the reader create life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay using the section entitled "Toward a New SuperScient" as an inspiration. Take one of two positions; one, that science and superstition should be kept entirely separate, or the other, the superstition and science should be taught together. What are the pros of the chosen position? Use Henderson's book and other outside sources to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay assessing Henderson's statement that "Pastafarianism is the only religion based on empirical evidence." What empirical evidence does Henderson use to support Pastafarianism? How does Henderson's assertion mesh with his inclusion of elements like "SuperScience" and Henderson's insistence that all theories are equally valid?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about persecution faced by the Pastafarian church. Topics one may want to consider include: the battle between Pirates and Hari Krishnas, Henderson's arguments about including Pastafarianism in schools, the general reception of Pastafarianism as described by Henderson, and Henderson's advice about persecution included in "A Final Note from Bobby Henderson and His Staff."
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