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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. According to the novel, when was the Earth created?

2. When asked by Crawley about the gift Arizaphale gave to Adam and Eve, how does Arizaphale look?

3. When Crowley and Arizaphale are interrogating Mary in her office, what does Crowley mention being particularly proud of inventing?

4. As the angel and serpent look off into the distance as their conversation in Eden is ending, what do they see?

5. What do the two demons give to Crowley when they meet in the graveyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Crowley used to be an angel. What happened?

2. What are the instructions given to Crawley?

3. How does Anathema lose the Book?

4. When the Them are talking in the quarry, what does Brian wonder about UFOs?

5. Name two of the five business mantras that Mary Hodges taught in her training program.

6. When people first meet Arizaphale, what are the three things they immediately think about him?

7. What is unique about Sable's best-selling book?

8. Why does Arizaphale think the impending thunderstorm is a suitable punishment?

9. Why do Wensleydale's parents call him The Youngster?

10. Why does the location of the forbidden tree puzzle Crawley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arizaphale and Crowley decide to intervene in human affairs in order to stop Armageddon from coming. Please explain why and how Arizaphale and Crowley decide to intervene to stop Armageddon from coming. What was their motivation for doing do? What was their plan to thwart the end of the world? Were they successful in thwarting Armageddon? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden, their departure has significant consequences on many levels. Please discuss what these consequences are, which characters are affected, and which character is most prominently affected. How is that character's life changed?

Essay Topic 3

The mix-up at the hospital is finally uncovered, and Arizaphale and Crowley realize they "lost" the Antichrist.

a. When and how did Arizaphale and Crowley discover this mistake?

b. What kept them from discovering it sooner?

c. What was the lesson or theme intended by this issue in the book?

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