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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 Item 57 that Josh posts on the website?

2. Why does Beth ultimately break with Josh?

3. What does Josh refuse to do for Peter?

4. What does Josh watch on TV from the motel?

5. Where is the epigraph for Part 4 from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Josh leave for Santa Fe?

2. What are the consequences for Peter Josh being outed as Larry?

3. Describe the incident when Josh gave a woman his toothbrush.

4. What is the epigraph to Part 4, and what is its importance?

5. What are the consequences for Beth, that Josh is Larry?

6. What is it that jolts Josh out of his feeling of peace, love and understanding?

7. How does Josh rise from his depression about being commoditized?

8. How does Josh know what happens in his absence?

9. What is the epigraph to Part 5, and what is its importance?

10. Describe Josh's funeral.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Visit the 'Larry' blog, and describe its relationship with the book. Is it a work in its own right, or is it just an extra-part of the book? Does it seem to attract the same kind of audience that was drawn to Larry within the book?

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

Read the sequel to 'The Gospel According to Larry', and Compare and contrast the two books. How are they similar? How are they different?

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