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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "I Have Been Called a Luddite".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who built the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine?
(a) Ferdinand Redtenbacher.
(b) Karl Benz.
(c) Gottlieb Daimler.
(d) Wilhelm Maybach.

2. What is it improper to do to a soldier when he returns home?
(a) Ask him what he saw.
(b) Show him a war movie.
(c) Refer to him as a soldier.
(d) Give him flowers.

3. What is Kurt addicted to?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Sex.

4. According to Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the greatest American short story?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) Ambrose Bierce.
(c) Robert Enrico.
(d) Emily Dickenson.

5. What is humor a physiological response to?
(a) Absurdity.
(b) Pain.
(c) Ridiculousness.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made Kurt's first car?

2. According to Kurt, what are we here on Earth to do?

3. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?

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

5. What is the first rule in creative writing?

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