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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 did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Literature.
(d) Psychology.

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

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

4. What was there a large number of on the radio?
(a) Commercials.
(b) Brilliant newscasters.
(c) Talented voice actors.
(d) Top comedians.

5. Where did Kurt go to high school?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Middleton.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Wessex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is humor a physiological response to?

2. What was the name of Kurt's high school?

3. What does Kurt think Shakespeare did not believe in?

4. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?

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

(see the answer key)

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