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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Amanda tell everyone while they cool off from considering their problem with the Corpse?
(a) The trance which left the symbol upon her hand.
(b) The relationship between butterflies and Eden.
(c) The mountain hermit's sense of the divine.
(d) Her first lover.

2. What method does Marx propose in regards to the Corpse?
(a) Giving Him back to the Vatican.
(b) Disposing of Him.
(c) Taking Him to the public.
(d) Hiding Him in the basement of the zoo forever.

3. Who rescues Marx from his suicide attempt?
(a) The Cowboy.
(b) Plucky Purcell.
(c) John Paul.
(d) Amanda.

4. What awakens the group the first morning they have assembled together to discuss the Second Coming?
(a) The arrival of Father Gustadt.
(b) Gunshots for hunting season.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A deliveryman.

5. What does Marx humorously note about Plucky and the Corpse's plane ride from Rome to Seattle?
(a) The airplane must be blessed against all occurances.
(b) Plucky must have eaten all of Amanda's marijuana cookies in order to relax on the plane.
(c) It is the Messiah's first trip of this nature.
(d) The passengers must have felt extraordinarily peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses and intimidates Plucky about the Vatican?

2. Why was Pan highly sexual, according to Tarzan?

3. From what infirmity do the caretaker nuns in the Vatican suffer?

4. After re-opening the zoo for the first time after Plucky's arrival with the Corpse, what do the Zillers insist everyone does for one evening?

5. To where is Plucky Purcell transferred, per his letter that is revealed to Marx Marvelous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Amanda's theory about Marx's presence at their zoo?

2. Describe Marx and Amanda's last night and morning at the zoo.

3. What does Plucky notice about the Vatican that pushes him to conclude that the Catholic church is dying?

4. Describe Amanda's suggestion that the federal agent is a symbol junkie.

5. Why does Amanda refuse to sleep with Marx and what occurs after her announcement?

6. What argument does Marx use on Amanda against vegetarianism and what conclusions does she draw from this?

7. Why does Amanda decide she no longer wishes to be a part of the Corpse's future?

8. How do the Zillers, Plucky and Marx allow themselves to relax before addressing the presence of the Corpse?

9. What is Plucky Purcell's fate and final message?

10. How has Plucky been handling his situation with the Society, per Marx's initiation into the secret infiltration?

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