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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Do You Know What A Twerp Is?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Kurt not imagine a funny book about?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) All of the above.

2. What type of water does Kurt prefer?
(a) Icewater.
(b) Running water.
(c) Freshwater.
(d) Saltwater.

3. What did Kurt study in university?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) English Literature.
(d) Writing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kurt write "Slaughterhouse Five?"

2. What is humor a physiological response to?

3. What is not an example of a 'crazy-making' game happening today?

4. How did Albert Camus die?

5. What was Eugene Victor Debs' former occupation?

(see the answer key)

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