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

2. In what year did Albert Camus win a Nobel Prize for literature?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1957.

3. What would Kurt provide with everyone if he had the chance?
(a) Lots of money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) An extended family.
(d) Perspective.

4. Who did Kurt smoke marijuana with?
(a) Jerry Garcia.
(b) Led Zepellin.
(c) Bill Hicks.
(d) Jimmy Hendrix.

5. Where is the newsstand that Kurt goes to?
(a) 48th Street.
(b) 56th Street.
(c) 43rd Street.
(d) 22nd Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kurt ask Jane Marie Cox to marry him?

2. What will Kurt tell readers from now on?

3. What was Eugene Victor Debs' former occupation?

4. What word does Kurt use to describe today's 'corporate oligarchs?'

5. What does a dog do when he can't get out of a gate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What era did Kurt grow up in?

2. How does Kurt feel about being an artist?

3. Who was Emma Lazarus?

4. How did age affect Kurt's upbringing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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