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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 does Plucky Purcell find in the catacombs of the Vatican?
(a) The cross upon which Christ was crucified.
(b) The Dead Sea scrolls.
(c) Jesus's body.
(d) The Shroud of Turin.

2. What false alarm frightens the group from their story-telling session when trying to decide what to do with the Corpse?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) A shelving unit breaking loose.
(c) A knock on the door.
(d) Mon Cul wakes up from a nightmare.

3. Why was Pan highly sexual, according to Tarzan?
(a) He was a heavy drinker of wine.
(b) He lived in nature.
(c) He believed sex was what kept belief in Him alive.
(d) He was an animal from the waist down.

4. How does Marx argue against vegetarianism with Amanda?
(a) South American witches ate fish.
(b) He points out that Hindus worship the cow because of the meat it provides.
(c) The African witchdoctors hail hunting an animal as the highest form of respect for the animal's capabilities and life.
(d) The American Indians ate buffalo.

5. Why do the Zillers, Marx, and Plucky find the Second Coming problematic?
(a) Jesus would never have wanted the Second Coming to be marked with violence and fear.
(b) Jesus Christ never ascended to Heaven.
(c) No one will believe them.
(d) They are in charge of revealing the Lord to the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is revealed to be the narrator of this book?

2. Plucky Purcell concludes that he does not hate Catholicism. What does he realize he detests instead?

3. How does Marx scientifically date the Corpse?

4. Where are the lumberjacks spotted by Marx and the Zillers?

5. What is significant about the presence of the federal agents at the zoo at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Plucky stumble over the Corpse?

2. What is Plucky's theory on the presence of the Corpse in regards to the Church?

3. What is Amanda's theory about Marx's presence at their zoo?

4. Describe Marx and Amanda's last night and morning at the zoo.

5. Describe the Second Coming as Marx discovers it.

6. What argument does Marx use on Amanda against vegetarianism and what conclusions does she draw from this?

7. Why does Amanda refuse to sleep with Marx and what occurs after her announcement?

8. Who is Sister Hillary and why is she important?

9. Describe Amanda's suggestion that the federal agent is a symbol junkie.

10. What purpose does the delivery man serve in interrupting the group's celebration?

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