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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 it improper to do to a soldier when he returns home?
(a) Refer to him as a soldier.
(b) Give him flowers.
(c) Ask him what he saw.
(d) Show him a war movie.

2. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Homer.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

4. What type of line describes the story of "Hamelt?"
(a) Flat.
(b) High, then low, then higher than ever.
(c) Low, high, then low.
(d) Low, then lower, then lower still.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the United States government conducting a war against?

2. What ate Prometheus' liver?

3. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?

4. In what year did Albert Camus win a Nobel Prize for literature?

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

(see the answer key)

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