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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 was the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript reading?
(a) The Handmaid's Tale.
(b) Walden.
(c) Animal Farm.
(d) The Communist Manifesto.

2. What does Tashjian's editor think of the manuscript?
(a) She does not want to publish it.
(b) She thinks it needs a lot of work.
(c) She wants to publish it.
(d) She is uncertain about its origins.

3. How did Josh answer inquiries about his identity?
(a) He described himself.
(b) He stopped blogging.
(c) He went underground.
(d) He posted photos of his possessions.

4. What does a teacher tell Tashjian about Josh Swensen?
(a) He is a genius.
(b) He is schizophrenic.
(c) He has a Messiah complex.
(d) He is the Messiah.

5. What answer does Josh get when he asks his mother whether she will help him change the world?
(a) A mother says 'I won't allow you to do that'.
(b) A man says 'yes of course I will'.
(c) A woman says 'you must be crazy'.
(d) A boy asks 'do we have to?'

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Janet Tashjian claim to have received the manuscript for 'The Gospel According to Larry'?

2. What does Josh realize he forgot to tell Beth?

3. What is Josh's medium for conducting this fight?

4. What is NOT a reason for which Josh created the Larry website?

5. What is the term for the discussion of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Josh go for a 'whole new level of solitude' when he wants to think?

2. What is Peter's relationship with the Larry website

3. What does Beth give Josh on the anniversary of his mother's death?

4. What is Josh's relationship with his stepfather like?

5. Describe Josh's visit to the cemetery with Peter.

6. What motivated Josh to adopt an anti-consumerist message?

7. What is the importance of the epigraph to Part 2?

8. Where does 'The Gospel According to Larry' begin?

9. What is the relationship between Josh and Beth?

10. What does Tashjian find out about Josh when she researches him?

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