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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Luddite?
(a) An idiot with no respect for those with more intelligence.
(b) A person who hates new technology.
(c) A religious zealot.
(d) A slow, lazy person.

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

3. What did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Literature.
(d) Chemistry.

4. What did Kurt used to 'laugh his head off' at?
(a) Thelma and Louise.
(b) Laurel and Hardy.
(c) Abbot and Costello.
(d) Laverne and Shirley.

5. Who tells Hamlet about the ghost of his father?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Rush Limbaugh.
(c) Perry Mason.
(d) Polonius.

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

7. What ethnic group did Kurt's friend in Nigeria belong to?
(a) Hutu.
(b) Ibo.
(c) Hausa.
(d) Yoruba.

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

9. How long would Kurt listen to the radio each day?
(a) As little as possible.
(b) As long as he could.
(c) An hour.
(d) In bits and pieces between meals and chores.

10. How old is Kurt at the time of writing?
(a) Eighty-two.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Ninety-one.
(d) Sixty-three.

11. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Homer.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Shakespeare.

12. How many pages would Kurt type before making corrections with a pencil?
(a) As many as he could in an hour.
(b) About twenty.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Fifty or so.

13. What is the first rule in creative writing?
(a) Do not use semicolons.
(b) Do not use colons.
(c) Do not use any punctuation whatsoever.
(d) Write creatively.

14. What can a prince do?
(a) Kill anyone he wants.
(b) Make war.
(c) Be true to himself.
(d) Be neither a borrower nor a lender.

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. How does Kurt feel about the woman behind the counter?

2. What is Kurt addicted to?

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

4. Why do so many people get divorced today?

5. How much older is Kurt's sister than he?

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