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

2. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?
(a) His mother.
(b) Polonius.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Horatio.

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

4. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?
(a) Homer.
(b) Voltaire.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) All of the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a dog do when he can't get out of a gate?

2. What was Eugene Victor Debs' former occupation?

3. What city did Kurt see the destruction of first-hand?

4. What did Kurt study in university?

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

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