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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 was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?
(a) By saying something really funny.
(b) By constantly interrupting.
(c) By speaking loudly and quickly.
(d) By breaking something or doing something naughty.

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

3. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?
(a) Racial slurs.
(b) Political references.
(c) Innuendos.
(d) Obscene words.

4. What did the Victorians not discuss?
(a) Sex.
(b) Religion.
(c) Technology.
(d) Class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eugene Victor Debs' former occupation?

2. Who, according to Kurt, is not really a humorist?

3. What is the youngest child in a family?

4. What city did Kurt see the destruction of first-hand?

5. Where did Kurt go to high school?

(see the answer key)

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