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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 idea does Josh draw from 1984?
(a) The idea of utopian living.
(b) The idea of simplifying life.
(c) The idea of corporate control of people's lives.
(d) The idea of making non-violent resistance to totalitarian culture.

2. What idea does Josh's website begin with?
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) Religious devotion.
(c) Environmentalism.
(d) Anti-consumerism.

3. How many hits does Josh get on Larry's site after Bono draws attention to it?
(a) Over a hundred thousand.
(b) More than five hundred thousand.
(c) Four million.
(d) Over a million.

4. What does Beth say to Josh's mother?
(a) That she would be proud of him.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she's taking care of him.
(d) That he is a really sweet guy.

5. Who is Peter?
(a) Beth's boyfriend.
(b) Josh's stepfather.
(c) Josh's father.
(d) The boy Beth likes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What curiosity does Beth share with betagold?

2. What does Tashjian's editor think of the manuscript?

3. Where does Josh go to write sermon 113?

4. What does Tashjian do when she has this realization?

5. What does Josh complain about in a lecture after seeing Beth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Josh's answer when Tashjian warns him that publishing the book will renew his troubles?

3. What items does Josh post photos of on Larry's website?

4. What is the relationship between Josh and Beth?

5. What is the response to the Larry fan club?

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

7. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

8. What does Tashjian foreshadow in the beginning of Part 2?

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

10. What is Tashjian's response to Josh's story?

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