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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "Do You Know What a Humanist Is?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kurt to older people at the dinner table when he was very young?
(a) Boring.
(b) Intriguing.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Annoying.

2. What did one of Kurt's ancestors lose in battle?
(a) An arm.
(b) His life.
(c) A leg.
(d) An eye.

3. What city did Kurt see the destruction of first-hand?
(a) Dresden.
(b) New York.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

4. Who built the first electric generator?
(a) Michael Faraday.
(b) Pieter Zeeman.
(c) Henry Goldman.
(d) John Mohler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is "Hamlet" a masterpiece?

2. What was the first novel ever to be written using a typewriter?

3. What is the youngest child in a family?

4. What does the man turn into at the end of Franz Kafka's story?

5. What comprises George and Laura Bush's extended family?

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