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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 is the first rule in creative writing?
(a) Do not use colons.
(b) Do not use any punctuation whatsoever.
(c) Do not use semicolons.
(d) Write creatively.

2. What would Kurt ask when he gets to heaven?
(a) If there is a God.
(b) Whether anyone there has read his books.
(c) What the news is.
(d) Why there is a hell.

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

4. What does Freud call laughless jokes?
(a) Dead humor.
(b) Silent humor.
(c) Gallows humor.
(d) Maternal humor.

5. What did Kurt study in university?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Writing.
(c) English Literature.
(d) Chemistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of water does Kurt prefer?

2. According to Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the greatest American short story?

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

4. What is humor a physiological response to?

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

(see the answer key)

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