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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 Amanda's speech impediment?

2. What does Amanda suggest about the FBI agent's anger at her ideas to Marx?

3. After the arrival of Father Gustadt and the undercover agents, what does Marx wake up to discover the next day?

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. Despite her open marriage with John Paul, why does Amanda refuse to have sex with Marx?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is John Paul's plan for the Corpse when he disappears with it, Mon Cul, and Plucky Purcell?

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

3. According to Tarzan, why did men start fearing death?

4. Why and how does Marx address Baby Thor?

5. Who is Sister Hillary and why is she important?

6. What does Amanda point out that squashes Pulcky and Marx's idea of using the corpse to blackmail people in charge of the world?

7. What observations do the Zillers and Marx make about the loggers and their work?

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

9. What duties does Marx perform at the zoo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Marx Marvelous's ideas about religion and how they are related to his belief that the Zillers are at the forefront of a new type of spirituality. Relate these ideas to his personal quest to discover his own need for spirituality (instead of relying on his logic), particularly how these conflicts stem from his childhood, as well as how it affects his ideas for the fate of the Corpse. Develop a clear thesis statement and cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characterization of Marx Marvelous in the following format:

Part 1) Scientist.

Part 2) Failed Agnostic.

Part 3) Attraction to Amanda's sexuality and mothering ways.

Part 4) Suicide attempt.

Part 5) His opinions on the fate of the Corpse.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are the possibilities that Marx, Plucky, and Ziller consider for the Corpse and why? What are the pros and cons to every idea? How do their personal viewpoints affect their opinions on the Corpse's fate? What are some of the morally gray areas about which the four of them are forced to debate in this regard? Discuss the answers to these questions in an essay. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

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