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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gil Berman do for a living?
(a) Painter.
(b) Writer.
(c) Comedian.
(d) Actor.

2. What did the Chinese use gunpowder for?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Mining.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Cannons.

3. What is all pop music today derived from?
(a) Mozart.
(b) The blues.
(c) African percussion.
(d) Jazz.

4. Who is Kurt's hero?
(a) Ignaz Semmelweis.
(b) Louis Pasteur.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Johann Klein.

5. Where are the visitors staying in New York?
(a) The Super 8.
(b) The Waldorf Astoria.
(c) The Hilton.
(d) The Ritz.

6. What did Abbie Hoffman say was the new high?
(a) Apple skins taken intraveinously.
(b) Orange peels taken intranasally.
(c) Lemon rind taken orally.
(d) Banana peels taken rectally.

7. Who wrote The Tin Men?
(a) Werner Heisenberg.
(b) Michael Frayn.
(c) Max Reinhardt.
(d) Claire Tomalin.

8. According to Kurt, why to foreigners hate Americans?
(a) For their jazz.
(b) For their arrogance.
(c) For their money.
(d) For their liberty.

9. Where was the election 'shamelessly rigged?'
(a) Ohio.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

10. How many kids does Kurt have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

11. According to Kurt, what are we not born with?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Passion.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Imagination.

12. What did Kurt used to be the owner and manager of?
(a) A gas station.
(b) A automobile dealership.
(c) An electronics store.
(d) A restaurant.

13. What was the 'sappy woman' about to have?
(a) Surgery.
(b) A party.
(c) A baby.
(d) A fit.

14. 'The good Earth--we could have saved it, but we were too damn...'
(a) '...stupid to figure out how.'
(b) '...cheap and lazy.'
(c) '...stubborn to do it.'
(d) '...busy playing golf.'

15. What burns at 451 degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) Paper.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Hair.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only proof Kurt needs for the existence of God?

2. Which of Mark Twain's family and/or friends died before him?

3. How old was the woman?

4. What does PP stand for?

5. What can Kurt not do well now that he is 82?

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