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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 Hitler's psychiatrist say about Hitler's responsibility for his life in "Adolf Hitler: the Larry King Interview"?
(a) "Put up or shut up."
(b) "Suck it up."
(c) "Eat my Shorts."
(d) "Be a man."

2. How does an eight year old get on the "Five Under Five" list?
(a) Money.
(b) It isn't possible.
(c) Her father insists she be on the list.
(d) Lots of candy corn.

3. What suggestions are given to replace the off-color terms Stewart includes in "Microsoft Word '98"?
(a) Jewishness.
(b) None.
(c) Fluffy Bear.
(d) Suckface.

4. What position does Fred Silverman hold at ABC in "Lenny Bruce: The Making of a Sitcom"?
(a) Best Boy extra.
(b) CEO.
(c) Head janitor.
(d) Vice president.

5. To whom does Vincent pour out his heart on AOL in "Vincent and Theo on AOL"?
(a) Jon Stewart.
(b) The whole world.
(c) Theo.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genes are combined to make a child on the "Five Under Five" list?

2. Whose credit card is cancelled in "The Devil and Bill Gates"?

3. In "Adolf Hitler: the Larry King Interview," Hitler is interviewed by whom on television?

4. What sort of actress should present at an awards ceremony according to the narrator of "The Recipe"?

5. Why does the narrator of "The Devil and William Gates" say that Bill Gates swears his soul to the devil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of people are involved in "The Recipe"?

2. What is the purpose of the last short story?

3. What does Gates do in "The Devil and William Gates" in order to convince the Devil to give him all power?

4. What irony is found in "The Recipe"?

5. What has Stewart foretold in "The Cult"?

6. In "The Cult," how does Stewart die?

7. What do you think Stewart's purpose is in writing "The Recipe"?

8. Why does Stewart create a fake persona to pretend to be Vincent van Gogh on AOL?

9. Who is Sheldon Francis Stein in "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold"?

10. Why does Silverman finally have to cancel Bruce's contract in "Lenny Bruce: the Making of a Sitcom"?

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