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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 does the man turn into at the end of Franz Kafka's story?
(a) A success.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A liar and a cheat.

2. What is not an example of a 'crazy-making' game happening today?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Girl's basketball.
(d) Liberalism.

3. What does Kurt think Shakespeare did not believe in?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Absolute truth.
(c) Himself.
(d) Heaven or Hell.

4. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Polonius.

5. What is Kurt going to do?
(a) Write another book.
(b) Sleep with children.
(c) Run for President.
(d) Sue a tobacco company.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?

4. Why do so many people get divorced today?

5. Who tells Hamlet about the ghost of his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Kurt's experience with Dresden?

2. How does Kurt feel about American socialists?

3. What does Kurt describe about relations between English and Germans in America?

4. How did age affect Kurt's upbringing?

5. According to Kurt, why do more people get divorced today? Do you agree?

6. What does Kurt say about Karl Marx's statements on religion?

7. What attachment does Kurt feel for his community?

8. According to Kurt, what is the importance of an extended family compared to having a small family? Do you agree?

9. Why does Kurt think "Hamlet" is such a popular story?

10. What political undertones can you notice in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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