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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) Rate of deterioration.
(b) Carbon dating.
(c) The acidity of the cloths wrapping the Corpse.
(d) Fingerprint analysis.

2. How old is Plucky's secret lover when he is at the monastery?
(a) Twenty-five years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Forty years old.
(d) Fifteen years old.

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

4. How does Plucky explain the Corpse encased in a nun's habit to anyone who questions him leaving the Vatican?
(a) He is running the nun to her sister's home.
(b) He is rescuing works of art from the Vatican.
(c) He is helping an injured nun to the hospital.
(d) He is part of a costumed theater troupe who witnessed the earthquake.

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

6. What self-imposed is inflicting Jesus in Marx's vision?
(a) He is fasting.
(b) He has flogged himself.
(c) He has been awake for forty days.
(d) He has refused beverage for days in the desert.

7. What is Plucky's assignment in Vatican City?
(a) He is to convert a few key archbishops to the Society of the Felicitator.
(b) He is to become a bodyguard to the Pope.
(c) He is to teach the Swiss Guard martial arts.
(d) He is to research the beginnings of the Bible.

8. What story does John Paul tell while the group considers their options about the Corpse?
(a) The conquest of Africa by Christianity and science.
(b) His first sight of Amanda.
(c) African natives and the mysterious radio transmissions which continue to mystify them.
(d) His belief in innate goodness of men as evidenced by his travels in Africa.

9. What hint does John Paul leave behind for Amanda when he, Plucky, and Mon Cul run away the Corpse?
(a) An article about an experimental solar balloon that can be manned by baboons.
(b) His journal, which details his dreams about dying in the sunlight.
(c) A magazine clipping about a deadly expedition into the Arctic.
(d) A map of Jerusalem.

10. According to Marx's estimations, to where must John Paul return if he is to find true spiritual enlightenment?
(a) Tibet.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) Africa.

11. Why is Amanda initially impressed with Marx's theory of her spiritual state?
(a) He reminds her of the mountain hermit who mentored her.
(b) She enjoys the passion in his words.
(c) She respects his large vocabulary.
(d) She likes the musical candences in his voice.

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

13. How does Plucky Purcell feel about the monks around him?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Amused.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Respectful.

14. The night after she makes love to Marx, what does Amanda reveal to him?
(a) She is pregnant with John Paul's child.
(b) She will join John Paul one way or the other.
(c) She no longer believes in God.
(d) She is sending Baby Thor to Tibet with Nearly Normal Jimmy.

15. According to Nearly Normal Jimmy's trance message to Amanda at the end of the book, what movie will set Tibet on the correct spiritual path again?
(a) Billy Jack.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Hair.
(d) Yellow Submarine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Plucky's theory about the nature of the Church in regards to the Corpse?

2. In what does Plucky disguise the Corpse as he escapes from the Vatican?

3. How does Marx argue against vegetarianism with Amanda?

4. When Tarzan compares Jesus to Pan, what does he claim the two divine beings had in common?

5. What suggestion does Amanda give Marx about being able to think clearly on his own the night everyone goes their separate ways to consider the fate of the Corpse?

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