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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. What type of stories did Franz Kafka write?
(a) Simplistic.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Optimistic.

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

3. Who wrote "Democracy In America?"
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) Alexis de Tocqueville.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Jeremy Bentham.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

2. Who tells Hamlet about the ghost of his father?

3. How many people were killed in the Dresden firebombing?

4. What story is Kurt describing when he calls it 'one of the most popular stories ever told?'

5. What will Kurt tell readers from now on?

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