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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does 'endogamous' mean?
(a) Lazy, dishonest, and entitled.
(b) Adept at business.
(c) Mistrustful of immigrants.
(d) Marrying within one's own social group.

3. What was Ned Ludd's line of work?
(a) Textiles.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Typing.
(d) Masonry.

4. What word does Kurt use to describe today's 'corporate oligarchs?'
(a) Affluent.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Polyglot.
(d) Bourgeois.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What is it improper to do to a soldier when he returns home?
(a) Give him flowers.
(b) Refer to him as a soldier.
(c) Show him a war movie.
(d) Ask him what he saw.

12. What does Kurt say made North America into a 'virgin continent?'
(a) Mother nature.
(b) The grace of God.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Hard work.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time period did Kurt grow up?

2. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

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

4. What was there a large number of on the radio?

5. How many pages would Kurt type before making corrections with a pencil?

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