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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 kids does Kurt have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

2. In what country did Kurt experience the best rhythm-and-blues combo he had ever heard?
(a) Germany.
(b) Finland.
(c) England.
(d) Poland.

3. What type of people are not welcome in Washington at the time of writing?
(a) Opinionated people.
(b) Patriotic people.
(c) Educated people.
(d) Stupid people.

4. What makes life worth living for Kurt, other than music?
(a) Nature.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Saints.
(d) Sex.

5. According to Kurt, where did napalm come from?
(a) Mother nature.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Weapons labs.
(d) The Soviet Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each short chapter in "Cat's Cradle" represent?

2. What is a lot less friendly to Kurt now that he is 82?

3. What genre does Kilgore Trout write?

4. What did the young man from Seattle have to take off?

5. Where is the sappy woman from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kurt feel about Jesus?

2. What is Kurt's theory about the relationship between the moon and planet Earth?

3. What comparison does Kurt make involving the Bush administration? What values would he like to see the government adopt?

4. What debate does Kurt have with the man who does not give his address?

5. Why does Kurt think the suicide rate of slave owners was higher than the suicide rate of slaves?

6. According to Kurt, what has his children's generation inherited?

7. How does Kurt feel about his Uncle Alex? What did he learn from him?

8. What does Kurt say is all he really ever wanted to do?

9. Who is Kurt's hero?

10. What is Kurt's theory about time?

(see the answer keys)

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