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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first story that Kurt demonstrates with a line graph?

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

3. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

4. Who knows more about the spirit world than anyone else?

5. What must every sentence have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Emma Lazarus?

2. What does Kurt say about prohibition and the war on drugs?

3. What is the story of Hamlet? What story does Kurt compare it to?

4. What does Kurt state is the truth about life?

5. According to Kurt, why do more people get divorced today? Do you agree?

6. How does Kurt feel about the human race and their effect on nature?

7. What does Kurt say humor is a response to?

8. What is the significance of the timeline for the introduction of the internal combustion engine?

9. What does Kurt say about Karl Marx's statements on religion?

10. What was Kurt's experience with Dresden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the subject of increasing divorce rates. Be sure to address:

1) Trends and statistics in divorce in the industrialized and non-industrialized world.

2) Kurt Vonnegut's theories regarding divorce.

3) Your thoughts on the future of divorce and marriage.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the importance of family. Be sure to address:

1) The changing nature of the mainstream family.

2) The importance of immediate and extended family in a modern society.

3) Pros and cons of small and large families.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on prohibition. Be sure to address:

1) Rationale for prohibition of alcohol and/or drugs, and the pros and cons of prohibition.

2) Perils and challenges of prohibition.

3) Lessons learned from past experiences with prohibition, and how they can be applied in the future.

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