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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. When were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1927.

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

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

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

5. In what year did Albert Camus win a Nobel Prize for literature?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1892.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Kurt's brother than he is?

2. What was there a large number of on the radio?

3. Who wrote "Democracy In America?"

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

5. During what time period did Kurt grow up?

(see the answer key)

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