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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What irony does Josh see in his newfound fame?
(a) He had ranted against celebrities and now he was one.
(b) He had not wanted to be popular, and now he was somewhat happy with fame.
(c) He had ranted about back-stabbing friends, and now he stabbed his fans in the back.
(d) He had preached about integrity, but now he was selling integrity.

2. What consequence does Peter face from Josh being Larry?
(a) He wins new contracts.
(b) He has unique marketing opportunities.
(c) He loses accounts.
(d) He can merchandize his possessions.

3. Where does Josh stay after the funeral?
(a) His underground cabin.
(b) A shack in the woods.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) His basement.

4. How does Josh buy himself an escape?
(a) He gets a hotel room.
(b) He gets a bus ticket.
(c) He buys a disguise.
(d) He bribes a mailman.

5. What does Josh refuse to do for Peter?
(a) Take money from corporations.
(b) Recant his sermons.
(c) Apologize.
(d) Endorse his sponsors.

6. What does Josh plan to do in six months?
(a) Flee to Mexico.
(b) Return and say that he was kidnapped.
(c) Return and say that he had lost his memory.
(d) Flee to Canada.

7. Where does Josh say he found his guidance, ultimately?
(a) In nature.
(b) In words themselves.
(c) In friends.
(d) In himself.

8. What does Josh tell himself to be?
(a) An angel in his mother's image.
(b) The hero of his own life.
(c) Honest for Larry's sake.
(d) The anti-hero in Peter's world.

9. What does Josh watch on TV from the motel?
(a) The news sensationalizing his death for ratings.
(b) An exposé on the commercialization of Larry's website.
(c) Bono's lamentation of Josh's suicide.
(d) Coverage of his death.

10. How does Josh identify himself when the police ask him for identification?
(a) Rob Daugherty.
(b) Gil Jackson.
(c) Henry Winker.
(d) Bill McDonald.

11. What claim does betagold make about Larryfest?
(a) betagold claims that Larry doesn't exist.
(b) betagold claims that she is Larry.
(c) betagold claims that Larry is making money from it.
(d) betagold claims she will find Larry.

12. What does Josh wonder while he is making his vision quest?
(a) Why he has a hard time just being himself.
(b) What he will do next.
(c) Why his mother had to die.
(d) Why he made Larry up in the first place.

13. What climax takes place when Josh Swensen is identified as Larry?
(a) Bono becomes the father Josh always wanted.
(b) Josh's step-father recognizes his anti-consumerism as resentment, and they reconcile.
(c) Josh's conversations with his mother are transformed into conversations with betagold.
(d) The foreshadowing of death is fulfilled, and Josh Swensen 'dies'.

14. What encouragement does Josh get when he visits Bloomingdale's?
(a) He overhears a beautician tell a woman she is beautiful.
(b) He overhears a man tell his wife to continue her work.
(c) He overhears a woman telling her son that she's proud of him.
(d) He overhears a man telling his daughter to admire Larry.

15. What does Josh look forward to in having died?
(a) Moving about the country freely.
(b) Living outside the system.
(c) Sleeping outside all the time.
(d) Not having to pay taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Josh nervous about spending time with Beth?

2. Which is NOT an advantage of Josh being revealed as Larry?

3. What does Josh think about Peter when he considers his plans and their effect on him?

4. What happens when Josh kisses Beth?

5. What are Josh's feelings about the project he wakes up with in Part 5?

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