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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 did the Chinese use gunpowder for?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Mining.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Bombs.

2. What did Abbie Hoffman say was the new high?
(a) Banana peels taken rectally.
(b) Orange peels taken intranasally.
(c) Apple skins taken intraveinously.
(d) Lemon rind taken orally.

3. How old is Kurt's daughter, Lily?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 24.
(d) 23.

4. What can Kurt not do well now that he is 82?
(a) Drive.
(b) Change gears.
(c) Read road signs.
(d) Parallel park.

5. What did humanists used to be referred to as?
(a) Libertines.
(b) Free Thinkers.
(c) Masons.
(d) Reformists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a 'humiliating, shameful, blood-soaked year?'

2. How much younger is Gil than Kurt?

3. What did the New York Times guarantee were in Iraq?

4. Who have landed in New York City?

5. What country does Saab come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kurt feel about music?

2. How does Kurt feel about Jesus?

3. What does Kurt say the book is about?

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

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

6. What is Kurt's theory about time?

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

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

9. What does Kurt say about the war with Mexico?

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

(see the answer keys)

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