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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 Kurt try not to do when he's being funny?
(a) Smile.
(b) Explain.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Offend.

2. Who was unsure about Jane Marie's decision to marry a German?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her cousins and brothers.
(c) Her father.
(d) An uncle.

3. When did Kurt write "Slaughterhouse Five?"
(a) 1968.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1951.

4. How many pages would Kurt type before making corrections with a pencil?
(a) As many as he could in an hour.
(b) Five or six.
(c) About twenty.
(d) Fifty or so.

5. Who made Kurt's first car?
(a) Volvo.
(b) Ford.
(c) Studebaker.
(d) Chevrolet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Prometheus give to the humans?

2. How much older is Kurt's sister than he?

3. What did one of Kurt's ancestors lose in battle?

4. What does Freud call laughless jokes?

5. What is the location for the first oil well in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kurt feel about the human race and their effect on nature?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Kurt feel about being an artist?

7. What does Kurt state is the truth about life?

8. According to Kurt, what is all great literature about? How does this make him feel?

9. What was Kurt's experience with Dresden?

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

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