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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Economist.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Coal miner.
(d) Doctor.

2. What does Kurt try not to do when he's being funny?
(a) Explain.
(b) Smile.
(c) Offend.
(d) Laugh.

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

4. What type of stories did Franz Kafka write?
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Simplistic.
(c) Idiotic.
(d) Optimistic.

5. What is the name of the first story that Kurt demonstrates with a line graph?
(a) Man in Love.
(b) Man in Trouble.
(c) Man in World.
(d) Man in Hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?

2. Who wrote "Democracy In America?"

3. What can a prince do?

4. What was Eugene Victor Debs' former occupation?

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

(see the answer key)

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