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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must every sentence have?
(a) A long prison term.
(b) A noun and an adjective.
(c) A semicolon.
(d) A subject and a verb.

2. According to Kurt, what are the arts?
(a) All of the above.
(b) 'A way to make your soul grow.'
(c) 'Not a way to make a living.'
(d) 'A way of making life more bearable.'

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Kurt's typist?

2. What did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?

3. Who was unsure about Jane Marie's decision to marry a German?

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

5. How long would Kurt listen to the radio each day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kurt feel about being an artist?

2. Why does Kurt smoke? What has his experience been with drugs?

3. Do you agree with Kurt's assessment that the human race is already doomed?

4. How did age affect Kurt's upbringing?

5. What does Kurt say humor is a response to?

6. What does Kurt make jokes about? What can he not make jokes about?

7. What does Kurt say about what men and women want?

8. What was Kurt's experience with Dresden?

9. What was important to Kurt while he was growing up?

10. What is the story of Hamlet? What story does Kurt compare it to?

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