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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?
(a) By breaking something or doing something naughty.
(b) By saying something really funny.
(c) By constantly interrupting.
(d) By speaking loudly and quickly.

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

4. How many relatives did Kurt's friend in Nigeria have?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Six hundred.
(d) Six.

5. What is the United States government conducting a war against?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Communism.

6. How many men did the British government execute for 'machine breaking' in 1813?
(a) 55.
(b) 4,321.
(c) 17.
(d) 102.

7. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?
(a) Horatio.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) Polonius.

8. Why do so many people get divorced today?
(a) Incompatible personalities.
(b) No extended families.
(c) People are unhappier these days.
(d) Divorce is more socially acceptable.

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

10. Who wrote "Democracy In America?"
(a) Alexis de Tocqueville.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) John Stuart Mill.
(d) Jeremy Bentham.

11. What does the woman behind the counter at the newsstand have between her eyes?
(a) A jewel.
(b) A pimple.
(c) A mole.
(d) A scar.

12. What is the youngest child in a family?
(a) A whiner.
(b) A jokemaker.
(c) A brooder.
(d) A thinker.

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

14. What device made of steel does Kurt use for his paper?
(a) Paperweight.
(b) Staple.
(c) Paper cutter.
(d) Paperclip.

15. What does Kurt think Shakespeare did not believe in?
(a) Heaven or Hell.
(b) Himself.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Absolute truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the typist live?

2. During what time period did Kurt grow up?

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

4. What is humor a physiological response to?

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

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