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

2. What story is Kurt describing when he calls it 'one of the most popular stories ever told?'
(a) Snow White.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

3. What is all pop music today derived from?
(a) Jazz.
(b) African percussion.
(c) Mozart.
(d) The blues.

4. Where does the typist live?
(a) Woodstock.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Bethel.

5. What type of line describes the story of "Hamelt?"
(a) High, then low, then higher than ever.
(b) Low, then lower, then lower still.
(c) Flat.
(d) Low, high, then low.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What has 'beat the heck' out of Kurt Vonnegut?

4. According to Kurt, what are the arts?

5. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?

(see the answer key)

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