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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what reasons does Marx persuade Plucky that revealing the Corpse to the world would be a bad idea?
(a) Jesus would not have wanted to be used in this manner.
(b) No one would believe them.
(c) The revelation could destroy people's lives.
(d) They would be murdered before they could reveal the Corpse.

3. Why is Plucky able to easily leave the Vatican with the disguised Corpse?
(a) He uses a hidden passageway from the catacombs.
(b) He bribes everyone he finds.
(c) He knocks anyone who opposes his exit unconscious.
(d) No one wants to tangle with a man from the Society of the Felicitator.

4. 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 may work with them to present Christianity with a clean slate.
(b) The Society of the Felicitate is the true power behind the church.
(c) The Vatican could kill them in order to keep the Corpse a secret.
(d) The Vatican will be at the mercy of Father Gustadt.

5. While Amanda ultimately decides there is nothing morally wrong with eating meat, with what practice does she take umbrage?
(a) Forced mating.
(b) Animals raised for fast food purposes.
(c) Animals in stockyards.
(d) Hunting animals for fun instead of food.

6. From what infirmity do the caretaker nuns in the Vatican suffer?
(a) Muteness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) They lack feeling in their hands.

7. What is the name of Plucky's artist friend from Italy?
(a) Boomer Petway.
(b) George O. Supper.
(c) Bernard Mickey Wrangle.
(d) Marcel LeFever.

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

9. Plucky Purcell concludes that he does not hate Catholicism. What does he realize he detests instead?
(a) Celibacy.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Religion.

10. What does Marx suggest as being the beginning stages of John Paul and Amanda's spiritualism?
(a) Dissatisfaction with the world.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) The need to create a better world for their children.
(d) Freedom from conventions.

11. According to Amanda, what imbalance in Christianity has caused years of needless violence and bloodshed?
(a) The gender dynamics.
(b) The interpretations of Jesus's words.
(c) The belief in what will get one into Heaven.
(d) The idea of free will versus fate.

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

13. Who restores Plucky's faith in Catholicism?
(a) Leigh-Cherie.
(b) Sister Domino.
(c) Sister Hillary.
(d) Bonanza Jellybean.

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

15. What story does John Paul tell while the group considers their options about the Corpse?
(a) His first sight of Amanda.
(b) The conquest of Africa by Christianity and science.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Peace Corp officer's letter, where is Nearly Normal Jimmy going?

2. What is significant about the presence of the federal agents at the zoo at the end of the book?

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

4. Who does Marx suggest to the reader that should be a replacement for Jesus Christ?

5. What does Amanda purchase from the Cowboy after Marx's employment?

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