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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first section of this chapter called?

2. What item of clothing does Seinfeld think a naked person should wear?

3. What does Seinfeld say it says when someone buys you a paperweight?

4. What does Seinfeld believe men are like when it comes to sex?

5. What does Seinfeld believe does not exist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Seinfeld not like seeing people's newborn babies?

2. Why does Seinfeld find ambulance stickers amusing?

3. Why does Seinfeld think that modern dating is better than dating in the past?

4. Why does Seinfeld think people are uncomfortable when they are naked?

5. Why does Seinfeld think that people are afraid of flying?

6. What dose Seinfeld think about bad gifts?

7. Why does Seinfeld think that dating over dinner is a stupid thing to do?

8. Why does Seinfeld think marriage is like a government?

9. What does Seinfeld believe people in a relationship should have to prevent a messy break?

10. What does Seinfeld think about answering machines?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Seinfeld sitcom.

1) How similar is the material in SEINLANGUAGE to the sitcom?

2) In what way does Seinfeld use the character he developed in the sitcom in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following statements to develop a 500-word essay.

1) SEINLANGUAGE is a rehashing of Seinfeld's older material.

2) SEINLANGUAGE take advantage of Seinfeld's popularity and has no real significance as a book.

Essay Topic 3

How has Seinfeld constructed his persona over the years? Was his early comedic persona different to what it is now? How of his real self does he allow into his performance?

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