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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the newsstand that Kurt goes to?
(a) 56th Street.
(b) 22nd Street.
(c) 48th Street.
(d) 43rd Street.

2. Who did Kurt smoke marijuana with?
(a) Jimmy Hendrix.
(b) Led Zepellin.
(c) Bill Hicks.
(d) Jerry Garcia.

3. Who, according to Kurt, is not really a humorist?
(a) Bob Smith.
(b) Bob Newhart.
(c) Bob Hope.
(d) Bob McKenzie.

4. In what year did Albert Camus win a Nobel Prize for literature?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1968.

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

6. Why can Kurt not stand primitive people?
(a) They died a long time ago.
(b) They are stupid.
(c) He can never talk to them.
(d) They cannot read his books.

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

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

9. Who knows more about the spirit world than anyone else?
(a) David Blaine.
(b) Uri Geller.
(c) Umedram Lalbhai.
(d) Madame Blatvatsky.

10. How does Kurt feel about the woman behind the counter?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He wishes she would move faster.
(d) He wants her to smile more.

11. Who said that 'religion is the opium of the people?'
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Mao Zedong.
(d) Adolph Hitler.

12. Why did Kurt have to talk to a cop?
(a) He was mugged.
(b) His car was stolen.
(c) His pocket was picked.
(d) He lost his cantaloupe.

13. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Coal miner.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Economist.
(d) Lawyer.

14. What comprises George and Laura Bush's extended family?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Judges.
(c) Senators.
(d) All of the above.

15. What was there a large number of on the radio?
(a) Brilliant newscasters.
(b) Commercials.
(c) Talented voice actors.
(d) Top comedians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kurt try not to do when he's being funny?

3. Who wrote "Democracy In America?"

4. What did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?

5. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?

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