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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first novel ever to be written using a typewriter?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

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

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

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

5. What was the name of Kurt's high school?
(a) Cliffton High School.
(b) Hilltop High School.
(c) Brock High School.
(d) Shortridge High School.

6. What would Kurt provide with everyone if he had the chance?
(a) An extended family.
(b) Lots of money.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Perspective.

7. What can Kurt not imagine a funny book about?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Martin Luther King.
(c) All of the above.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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

9. When did Emma Lazarus write her famous sonnet about the 'poor,' 'wretched,' and 'homeless?'
(a) 1855.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1883.

10. How much older is Kurt's brother than he is?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six years.

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

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

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

14. Who built the first electric generator?
(a) Pieter Zeeman.
(b) Michael Faraday.
(c) Henry Goldman.
(d) John Mohler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is humor a physiological response to?

2. In what year did Albert Camus win a Nobel Prize for literature?

3. What ate Prometheus' liver?

4. What type of stories did Franz Kafka write?

5. Why can Kurt not stand primitive people?

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