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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. How many people were killed in the Dresden firebombing?
(a) 135,000.
(b) 1,350,000.
(c) 1,350.
(d) 13,500.

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

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

4. How many men did the British government execute for 'machine breaking' in 1813?
(a) 17.
(b) 55.
(c) 4,321.
(d) 102.

5. What device made of steel does Kurt use for his paper?
(a) Paper cutter.
(b) Paperweight.
(c) Staple.
(d) Paperclip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ate Prometheus' liver?

2. What book series did Jill Krementz read when she was young?

3. What will Kurt tell readers from now on?

4. When did Emma Lazarus write her famous sonnet about the 'poor,' 'wretched,' and 'homeless?'

5. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Kurt, what was the 'beginning of the end?'

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

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

4. Why do you think Kurt feels the way he does about technology?

5. What does Kurt say about electronic communities? Do you agree?

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

7. What does Kurt say about computers? Do you agree?

8. How did age affect Kurt's upbringing?

9. How does Kurt feel about being an artist?

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

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