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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "I Used to be the Owner and Manager of an Automobile Dealership".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Ivan the Terrible nail to your head if you disagreed with him?
(a) Your hands.
(b) A wreathe of poison ivy.
(c) Your hat.
(d) Your own death warrant.

2. What did humanists used to be referred to as?
(a) Masons.
(b) Free Thinkers.
(c) Reformists.
(d) Libertines.

3. What did the New York Times guarantee were in Iraq?
(a) Weapons of mass destruction.
(b) American POWs.
(c) Oil wells.
(d) Terrorists.

4. What word does Kurt use to describe today's 'corporate oligarchs?'
(a) Affluent.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Bourgeois.
(d) Polyglot.

5. According to Kurt, what is a couple really saying to each other when they have an argument?
(a) 'You are not the right person for me!'
(b) 'You do not respect my right to be me!'
(c) 'You are not enough people!'
(d) 'You do not understand me!'

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the time of writing, what is the only way to learn what is going on?

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

4. What type of people want to become President?

5. What was a 'humiliating, shameful, blood-soaked year?'

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