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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "I Turned Eighty-two on November 11".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago was the first electric generator built?
(a) 172 years ago.
(b) 111 years ago.
(c) 212 years ago.
(d) 99 years ago.

2. Who was President during the 1848 war with Mexico?
(a) Polk.
(b) Tyler.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Lincoln.

3. Who said that 'religion is the opium of the people?'
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Joseph Stalin.
(d) Adolph Hitler.

4. When were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1897.

5. How many men did the British government execute for 'machine breaking' in 1813?
(a) 4,321.
(b) 55.
(c) 17.
(d) 102.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Kurt's high school?

2. What was Ned Ludd's line of work?

3. What does the man turn into at the end of Franz Kafka's story?

4. According to Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the greatest American short story?

5. How old is Kurt's daughter, Lily?

(see the answer key)

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