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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. Who is Beth?

2. Where did Beth read the thing she is discussing with Josh?

3. How many hits does Josh get on Larry's site after Bono draws attention to it?

4. What are Josh's feelings about Katherine?

5. What does Josh agree to help Beth with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the importance of the epigraph for Part 1?

3. What is Josh's relationship with Katherine?

4. What signs of death appear around Josh, and how does he interpret them?

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

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

7. What is Josh's relationship with his possessions?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sketch an outline for a sequel to 'The Gospel According to Larry'. Would Josh keep writing? What would he do after the book was published? Would anything draw him out of hiding?

Essay Topic 2

Does Josh claim to be a messiah, or just a guide? Does he want people to follow his way, or just to follow their own way? How does he account for people whose decisions would be different from his?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of the Bible in 'The Gospel According to Larry'? How is Josh's book a Bible, and how is it rebelling against being a Bible?

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