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

2. According to Henderson, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism is the only religion supported by what?

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

4. What is wrong with the beer in Pastafarian hell?

5. According to Susan Johnson, Ph.D., what do the Flying Spaghetti Monster's meatballs symbolize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Henderson suggest gluing the googly eyes to pipe-cleaners first while making the Flying Spaghetti Monster Simulacrum?

2. What did Giordano Bruno do as a spy against the Catholics that causes Henderson to dub him "a major asshole?"

3. What "one troubling misunderstanding" about Pastafarian saints does Henderson address in "A Guide to the Holidays?"

4. What method of fund-raising employed by televangelist Christians does Henderson consider unethical?

5. In addition to pamphlets, what are the "intrepid soldiers of the FSM" armed with?

6. What about the pasta shape called couscous supports the assertion that the Flying Spaghetti Monster gives "a gift of pasta to which [people] can understand?"

7. What does Henderson say to Evolutionists in his "Final Note?"

8. Why did Charles Darwin's father threaten to "remove young Charles' colander and other kitchen utensils?"

9. What "interesting place" is tagged with the Pirate-fish stencil in the "Swag" section of the book?

10. In "A Pastafarian Guide to Propaganda," what is the specific reason that Henderson says Pastafarians do not base their religion on dogma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the various proofs included in the "Enlightenment Institute" section of Henderson's book, choose one method employed by more than one author (mathematics, science, logic, history, etc) to try to prove the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Write your own essay asserting that the Flying Spaghetti Monster does indeed exist, using phrases from your chosen proofs to support any assertions you may make.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining Henderson's argument that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is responsible for the theory of Intelligent Design. Some questions you may want to consider include: How does Henderson's depiction of Intelligent Design proponents mesh with the above argument? If the FSM created ID, and the FSM is also responsible for making the Earth look like the product of Evolution, what does that say about the debate between Evolution and ID?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining different means of proselytism used by various religions, and compare and contrast them with the methods set forth in "The Pastafarian Guide to Propaganda." What methods used by Henderson are similar to those from other religions? What are different? Be sure to include means of proselytizing from numerous different religions.

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