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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "A Sappy Woman from Ypsilanti".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the United States government conducting a war against?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Infidelity.
(d) Drugs.

3. What would Ivan the Terrible nail to your head if you disagreed with him?
(a) A wreathe of poison ivy.
(b) Your hat.
(c) Your own death warrant.
(d) Your hands.

4. How many relatives did Kurt's friend in Nigeria have?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Six.
(c) Six hundred.
(d) Twenty-three.

5. How long would Kurt listen to the radio each day?
(a) As long as he could.
(b) In bits and pieces between meals and chores.
(c) An hour.
(d) As little as possible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what ratio do guessers outnumber non-guessers?

3. What word does Kurt use to describe today's 'corporate oligarchs?'

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

5. What does 'endogamous' mean?

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