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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the society Plucky has accidentally infiltrated?

2. Why did Marx marry his friend's pregnant lover?

3. What is significant about Amanda's pregnancy on the first night of her relationship with Ziller?

4. With what sort of friends and clients does Plucky prefer to associate?

5. What is significant about Marx Marvelous's introduction to John Paul and Amanda?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John Paul Ziller's childhood.

2. Why did Plucky become a drug dealer?

3. Why did Marx create a new name for himself?

4. How does Ziller end up joining the Indo-Tibetan Circus?

5. Why is Marx on the run from the government?

6. Why did Amanda's lover's band get arrested?

7. How does Marx Marvelous attract John Paul and Amanda's attention?

8. Describe John Paul's gifts to his wife in the hospital and meaning behind them.

9. Describe Amanda and John Paul's wedding ceremony.

10. What are some of the potential obstacles to Amanda and John Paul's relationship and how do they work around them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of art in John Paul's life in the following format:

Part 1) Music.

Part 2) Sculpture as a metaphor.

Part 3) His fascination with the Corpse.

Part 4) Plucky's claim that artists believe all metaphors are real.

Part 5) His melding of sex and art in his relationship with Amanda.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does John Paul and Amanda's love for one another reflect upon their individual spiritual beliefs? Compose an essay that analyzes the spiritual aspects of their relationship, including his acceptance of her children, their open sexual nature, and John Paul's decision to commandeer the experimental balloon. Be sure to also discuss how their personal motivations in life affect their ability to live with and without each other. Cite specific examples from the text so support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes Marx's vision of Jesus Christ and Pan and how this vision is essentially the apex of Marx's journey to discover a new brand of spirituality. Be sure to discuss, as well, the role Tarzan is apparently playing in the spiritual healing of Tibet (per Nearly Normal Jimmy). Develop a clear thesis statement and outline for this essay and cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

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