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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "The Recipe" give an outline of?
(a) An awards ceremony.
(b) How to succeed at marriage.
(c) How to make a baby.
(d) Cake baking.

2. In "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold", Sheldon pictures himself as a character in which novel?
(a) Catcher in the Rye.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Wizard of Oz.
(d) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

3. Who is Maggie Lynn Pratt according to the narrator of "Five Under Five"?
(a) A prophet.
(b) The founder of Judaism.
(c) A candidate for the "Five after Five" list.
(d) Jesus's sister.

4. How many honorees should be at an awards ceremony, according to the narrator of "The Recipe"?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Several.
(d) One.

5. How many years have passed since Sheldon graduated high school in "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold"?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

6. Who produces Bill Gates' "contract of servitude" according to the narrator of "The Devil and William Gates"?
(a) Judge Judy.
(b) Bill Gates.
(c) The Devil.
(d) God.

7. What is the original title of Bruce's television show in "Lenny Bruce: The Making of a Sitcom"?
(a) Roach and Head.
(b) Jokes and More Jokes.
(c) Life on a Sofa.
(d) Lenny and the Man.

8. What will the ethnicity of the fifth member on the "Five Under Five" list be?
(a) Alien.
(b) White.
(c) Asian or black.
(d) American Indian.

9. What sort of actress should present at an awards ceremony according to the narrator of "The Recipe"?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Poor-looking.
(d) Catlike.

10. Why does the narrator of "The Devil and William Gates" say that Bill Gates swears his soul to the devil?
(a) He has a bet.
(b) He is frustrated with another invention.
(c) He is drugged.
(d) He is very competitive.

11. What will be happening to Generation X during 2015-2025 according to the narrator of "Five Under Five"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They will be taking care of their parents.
(c) They will have grown children.
(d) They will be having prostate trouble.

12. Characters from which other short story are referenced in "Vincent and Theo on AOL"?
(a) Breakfast at Kennedy's.
(b) Lack of Power.
(c) A Very Hanson Christmas.
(d) Martha Stewart's Vagina.

13. Who adopts Vincent van Gogh's persona on AOL in "Vincent and Theo on AOL"?
(a) Princess Diana.
(b) Luke.
(c) Jon Stewart.
(d) Theo.

14. How old is the recipe for awards ceremonies according to the narrator of "The Recipe"?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) About one hundred years.

15. Who proposes that Stewart should commit suicide in "The Cult"?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Colbert.
(c) Smith.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Stewart give for his inaccurate predictions in "The Cult"?

2. What does Stewart suggest readers should do after reading "Microsoft Word '98"?

3. What offers corrections for Stewart's book in "Microsoft Word '98"?

4. Where is the " The Recipe" taken from?

5. In "The Cult," who has Stewart foretold will spring to life?

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