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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Okay, Now Let's Have Some Fun".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Kurt see the destruction of first-hand?
(a) New York.
(b) Dresden.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

2. How much older is Kurt's sister than he?
(a) Five years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

3. In what year did Albert Camus win a Nobel Prize for literature?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1892.

4. What does Freud call laughless jokes?
(a) Silent humor.
(b) Gallows humor.
(c) Dead humor.
(d) Maternal humor.

5. What is a good way to hurt one's parents?
(a) Join the Marines.
(b) Join Al Qaeda.
(c) Teach democracy.
(d) Go into the arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location for the first oil well in America?

2. What can Kurt not imagine a funny book about?

3. What is not an example of a 'crazy-making' game happening today?

4. How many people were killed in the Dresden firebombing?

5. What is Kurt's ancestry?

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