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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "I'm Going to Tell You Some News".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is humor a physiological response to?
(a) Ridiculousness.
(b) Absurdity.
(c) Pain.
(d) Fear.

2. What was Kurt to older people at the dinner table when he was very young?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Intriguing.
(c) Boring.
(d) Interesting.

3. What is Kurt going to do?
(a) Run for President.
(b) Write another book.
(c) Sue a tobacco company.
(d) Sleep with children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did prohibition last?

2. Why can Kurt not stand primitive people?

3. Who said that 'religion is the opium of the people?'

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

5. What must every sentence have?

(see the answer key)

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