A Man Without a Country Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Man Without a Country Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one of Kurt's ancestors lose in battle?
(a) An arm.
(b) An eye.
(c) A leg.
(d) His life.

2. Who knows more about the spirit world than anyone else?
(a) Madame Blatvatsky.
(b) David Blaine.
(c) Uri Geller.
(d) Umedram Lalbhai.

3. How many people were killed in the Dresden firebombing?
(a) 135,000.
(b) 1,350,000.
(c) 1,350.
(d) 13,500.

4. What book series did Jill Krementz read when she was young?
(a) Kay Tracey.
(b) The Lord of the Rings.
(c) Nancy Drew.
(d) Hardy Boys.

5. What has 'beat the heck' out of Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) Regret.
(b) Progress.
(c) Morality.
(d) Ignorance.

6. What was the name of Kurt's high school?
(a) Brock High School.
(b) Shortridge High School.
(c) Cliffton High School.
(d) Hilltop High School.

7. What ate Prometheus' liver?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Worms.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Wolves.

8. What is Kurt's ancestry?
(a) Russian.
(b) Dutch.
(c) German.
(d) English.

9. What is a Luddite?
(a) A slow, lazy person.
(b) An idiot with no respect for those with more intelligence.
(c) A religious zealot.
(d) A person who hates new technology.

10. What is the postal convenience center close to?
(a) Times Square.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The White House.
(d) Greenwich Village.

11. During what time period did Kurt grow up?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The Great War.
(c) The Roaring Twenties.
(d) The Flower Power Decade.

12. Who built the first electric generator?
(a) Pieter Zeeman.
(b) John Mohler.
(c) Michael Faraday.
(d) Henry Goldman.

13. Who built the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine?
(a) Wilhelm Maybach.
(b) Gottlieb Daimler.
(c) Ferdinand Redtenbacher.
(d) Karl Benz.

14. What does a dog do when he can't get out of a gate?
(a) Make meaningless gestures.
(b) Start scratching and digging.
(c) Growl.
(d) All of the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was there a large number of on the radio?

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

3. What does 'endogamous' mean?

4. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?

5. How did Albert Camus die?

(see the answer keys)

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