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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happened after Og prayed?
(a) he started sobbing
(b) he started laughing
(c) he danced
(d) he talked to a priest
2. What did Simon say caused living death?
(a) lack of beauty
(b) lack of education
(c) lack of self-esteem
(d) lack of money
3. Simon said God often plays man. What else did he say in this vein?
(a) God can play who he wants
(b) God and man are the same
(c) No man can play God
(d) Men try to play God
4. What did Simon believe one should do after making a decision?
(a) pray
(b) burn your bridges
(c) sit and plan it out
(d) get busy on it
5. What did Simon do after he drove through the gate?
(a) honk his horn
(b) gathered his things
(c) drop his glasses
(d) nothing
6. What did Og say a miracle was?
(a) good sherry
(b) the earth being alive
(c) the ability to change a law of nature
(d) God changing a life
7. How did Simon relate car accidents to success?
(a) most accidents can be avoided if one doesn't give up
(b) most accidents are destiny
(c) most accidents are due to carelessness
(d) most accidents are premeditated
8. In Chapter 2, who did Og meet in the parking lot when he left work?
(a) an old college friend
(b) Simon
(c) his editor
(d) his wife
9. What does Simon do in his life?
(a) he's retired
(b) he writes books
(c) helps people
(d) he practices law
10. What position did Og hold on his high school paper?
(a) reporter
(b) news editor
(c) sports writer
(d) printer
11. What is the "Jonah" complex?
(a) running away from home
(b) refusing a request from God
(c) wanting to bury oneself in work
(d) desire to hide from the possibility of failure
12. When Og left Simon after his second encounter with him, what did he wonder?
(a) if Simon was real
(b) why Simon wasn't rich
(c) if Simon was a minister
(d) why Simon would be interested in him
13. When Simon called over to Og, who did he quote?
(a) Thomas Moore
(b) Thomas Carlyle
(c) George Washington
(d) Robert Frost
14. Why does Og tell Simon he looks great when Simon visits Og's office?
(a) Simon cut his hair
(b) Simon wore a suit and tie
(c) Simon had a tan
(d) Simon shaved off his beard
15. What happened to Bible sales when the book, "Magnificent Obsession" was published?
(a) it dropped
(b) they increased geometrically
(c) it stayed the same
(d) it increased slightly
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Og stop going to church?
2. In what city did Og first meet Simon?
3. Simon tells Og there are not enough ragpickers. Why is that?
4. How did Simon demonstrate a miracle to Og?
5. What does Simon believe causes most of the world's ills?
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