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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 is the postal convenience center close to?
(a) Times Square.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The White House.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

3. How long did prohibition last?
(a) From 1910-1922.
(b) From 1930-1940.
(c) From 1919-1933.
(d) From 1921-1945.

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

5. What ate Prometheus' liver?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Worms.
(d) Cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kurt's ancestry?

2. When did the first crack appear between English and German Americans?

3. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

4. What is the United States government conducting a war against?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Kurt's process for sending his work to his typist.

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

5. How does Kurt feel about American socialists?

6. What era did Kurt grow up in?

7. What does Kurt say is the most destructive drug of all? Do you agree?

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

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

10. What does Kurt say about prohibition and the war on drugs?

(see the answer keys)

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