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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 is not an example of a 'crazy-making' game happening today?
(a) Religion.
(b) Love.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) Girl's basketball.

2. Who, according to Kurt, is not really a humorist?
(a) Bob Smith.
(b) Bob McKenzie.
(c) Bob Hope.
(d) Bob Newhart.

3. How much older is Kurt's sister than he?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is humor a physiological response to?

2. What does Kurt try not to do when he's being funny?

3. What did Kurt used to 'laugh his head off' at?

4. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

5. How did Albert Camus die?

(see the answer key)

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