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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Kurt ask when he gets to heaven?
(a) If there is a God.
(b) Whether anyone there has read his books.
(c) Why there is a hell.
(d) What the news is.

2. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?
(a) Political references.
(b) Racial slurs.
(c) Obscene words.
(d) Innuendos.

3. What does a dog do when he can't get out of a gate?
(a) Growl.
(b) Start scratching and digging.
(c) Make meaningless gestures.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

6. What is humor a physiological response to?
(a) Ridiculousness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pain.
(d) Absurdity.

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

8. What did Kurt study in university?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) English Literature.
(d) Writing.

9. How long has it taken humanity to destroy the planet?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) Fewer than two hundred years.
(c) One thousand years.
(d) Two thousand years.

10. Who was unsure about Jane Marie's decision to marry a German?
(a) Her cousins and brothers.
(b) Her mother.
(c) An uncle.
(d) Her father.

11. What do women want?
(a) A rich man.
(b) Children.
(c) To be respected.
(d) A lot of people to talk to.

12. What is the postal convenience center close to?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) The White House.
(d) The United Nations.

13. According to Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the greatest American short story?
(a) Emily Dickenson.
(b) Ambrose Bierce.
(c) Robert Enrico.
(d) William McKinley.

14. According to Kurt, what are we here on Earth to do?
(a) Multiply.
(b) Work hard.
(c) Fart around.
(d) Make a difference.

15. What is the name of Kurt's typist?
(a) Carol.
(b) Megan.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?

2. According to Kurt, what is a couple really saying to each other when they have an argument?

3. What can Kurt not imagine a funny book about?

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

5. What was Ned Ludd's line of work?

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