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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Kurt not stand primitive people?
(a) They are stupid.
(b) They cannot read his books.
(c) They died a long time ago.
(d) He can never talk to them.

2. What is the youngest child in a family?
(a) A thinker.
(b) A jokemaker.
(c) A whiner.
(d) A brooder.

3. When did Kurt write "Slaughterhouse Five?"
(a) 1969.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1972.

4. What does the man turn into at the end of Franz Kafka's story?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A success.
(c) A liar and a cheat.
(d) A martyr.

5. What will Kurt tell readers from now on?
(a) When he is kidding.
(b) Absolutely nothing worth reading.
(c) A very slanted version of events.
(d) The truth and nothing but the truth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

3. What was Kurt to older people at the dinner table when he was very young?

4. What type of line describes the story of "Hamelt?"

5. During what time period did Kurt grow up?

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