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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marx scientifically date the Corpse?
(a) Carbon dating.
(b) The acidity of the cloths wrapping the Corpse.
(c) Fingerprint analysis.
(d) Rate of deterioration.

2. How does Marx argue against vegetarianism with Amanda?
(a) The American Indians ate buffalo.
(b) He points out that Hindus worship the cow because of the meat it provides.
(c) The African witchdoctors hail hunting an animal as the highest form of respect for the animal's capabilities and life.
(d) South American witches ate fish.

3. What keeps Marx from becoming too jealous over Plucky's sexual encounter with Amanda?
(a) The fear of death.
(b) John Paul's assertation that Plucky needed to be with Amanda.
(c) The Corpse.
(d) Mon Cul's illness.

4. In Marx's vision, upon what animal does Tarzan ride?
(a) A goat.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A horse.
(d) A zebra.

5. Why does Amanda believe that Marx joined their zoo?
(a) Marx longs for simple working pleasures.
(b) Marx is in love with her.
(c) Marx is missing spiritual significance in his life and is hoping to find it with them.
(d) Marx is obsessed with baboons.

6. What does Plucky Purcell find in the catacombs of the Vatican?
(a) The Shroud of Turin.
(b) Jesus's body.
(c) The cross upon which Christ was crucified.
(d) The Dead Sea scrolls.

7. Given the existence of the Society of the Felicitate, what does Plucky point out as being a probable solution from the Vatican?
(a) The Vatican will be at the mercy of Father Gustadt.
(b) The Vatican may work with them to present Christianity with a clean slate.
(c) The Society of the Felicitate is the true power behind the church.
(d) The Vatican could kill them in order to keep the Corpse a secret.

8. How does Plucky and the others know that Father Gustadt has found them?
(a) They hear his voice.
(b) John Paul's letters to Plucky at the monastery turn up on their front stoop.
(c) His bootprint was found by the front door.
(d) Their neighbor tells them a priest was asking for John Paul.

9. Who does Marx suggest to the reader that should be a replacement for Jesus Christ?
(a) Plucky Purcell.
(b) Their own self-worth and beliefs.
(c) Amanda.
(d) John Paul.

10. How long does John Paul and Mon Cul have before the effects of the solar radiation kills them after the launch of the balloon?
(a) One hour.
(b) One week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Twenty-four hours.

11. According to Marx, whose body is in the pantry when he returns home to the Zillers from vacation?
(a) Father Gustadt.
(b) Plucky Purcell.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) The Pope.

12. According to his letter, why does Plucky entertain notions of burning down the monastery?
(a) He is afraid that they will spread their anger throughout the world.
(b) His next assignment appears to be an assassination.
(c) He thinks he is being held prisoner.
(d) He believes there is no point to living.

13. In what does Plucky disguise the Corpse as he escapes from the Vatican?
(a) Choirboy robes.
(b) Nun's habit.
(c) Felicitate robes.
(d) Priest's array.

14. Who is in bed with Amanda when Marx returns home?
(a) Father Gustadt.
(b) John Paul.
(c) The Cowboy.
(d) Plucky.

15. How did the narrator and Amanda liberate the fleas?
(a) The fleas were released from the window.
(b) The fleas were mailed.
(c) The fleas crept out onto a tree branch.
(d) The fleas were placed on the invisible dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Plucky able to easily leave the Vatican with the disguised Corpse?

2. When Marx is introduced to the letters of Plucky, how long has Plucky Purcell been in the monastery?

3. The night after she makes love to Marx, what does Amanda reveal to him?

4. In this flash-forward into the future, of what does Marx feel he and Amanda are running out?

5. How old is Plucky's secret lover when he is at the monastery?

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