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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 false alarm frightens the group from their story-telling session when trying to decide what to do with the Corpse?
(a) A knock on the door.
(b) Mon Cul wakes up from a nightmare.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A shelving unit breaking loose.

2. What drew Marx away from following his mother's religion?
(a) His father.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His annoyance at sitting through church services.
(d) His rebelliousness against conformity.

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

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

5. How many days do the Zillers, Marx, and Plucky give themselves to decide what to do about the Corpse?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What devices are used to motivate the nuns and priests to continue working diligently at the Vatican?

2. What self-imposed is inflicting Jesus in Marx's vision?

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

4. According to Tarzan, what caused men to lose touch with death and, thus, created an unnatural fear of it?

5. Who is revealed to be the narrator of this book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the Corpse's appearance?

4. Why and how does Marx address Baby Thor?

5. Why do the Zillers tend to avoid alcohol?

6. What is significant about Amanda's wishes for the Corpse?

7. Why does Marx attempt suicide and what change overcome him as a result?

8. Discuss the continual conflict between Marx and Amanda prior to his suicide attempt.

9. Compare and contrast Pan and Jesus.

10. What is Marx's suggestion about Plucky's plan for the Corpse and why?

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