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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. When did Abbie Hoffman die?
(a) 1973.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1989.

2. According to tabloids, how long have alien anthropologists been studying the human race?
(a) Ten centuries.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Ten generations.

3. What did the New York Times guarantee were in Iraq?
(a) Terrorists.
(b) American POWs.
(c) Oil wells.
(d) Weapons of mass destruction.

4. How much younger is Gil than Kurt?
(a) 51 years.
(b) 36 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. Who uttered the most intelligent and decent prayers ever?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kurt, what are we not born with?

2. What type of engine did the Saab cars have in Kurt's day?

3. What town did Kurt 'black out at high noon?'

4. Which of Mark Twain's family and/or friends died before him?

5. When is Kurt's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kurt feel about the Bush administration and the way it gained power?

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

3. Do you think that humans are really too 'cheap and lazy' to save the planet?

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

5. What have the PPs done to the country?

6. According to Kurt, what do humanists believe?

7. What is the main theme in Mark Twain's "The Mysterious Stranger?" Do you agree?

8. What does Kurt say about the value of books?

9. How does Kurt feel about his Uncle Dan?

10. What type of car did Kurt used to sell?

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