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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which philosopher's ideas influenced Hsu's thinking about friendship?
(a) Foucult.
(b) Kant.
(c) Moses.
(d) Derrida.
2. What did Ken ask Hsu to do with him soon after they first met?
(a) Cook together.
(b) Play badminton.
(c) Loan him money.
(d) Shop for clothes.
3. What did one of Ken's former girlfriends tell him that he thought was terrible, and he related to Hsu?
(a) She hated diversity.
(b) She never voted.
(c) Her life had always been a dream.
(d) She always ate takeout.
4. What did Hsu's mother's father write on a chalboard every day?
(a) A drawing.
(b) A poem.
(c) A recipe.
(d) A new word in English.
5. What was a drag to Hsu and his friends in college?
(a) Protesting.
(b) The past.
(c) The present.
(d) The future.
6. Where did Hsu grow up?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Illinois.
7. What city did Hsu mostly live in with his parents?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Cupertino.
(d) Farmingham.
8. When did Kurt Cobain die?
(a) April 1994.
(b) May 2000.
(c) March 2009.
(d) January 1998.
9. What industry boomed in Taiwan in the early 1990s?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Semiconductor.
(c) Appliance.
(d) Food.
10. What did Ken's father do?
(a) Sell insurance.
(b) Cook.
(c) He was an engineer.
(d) Landscape.
11. What did Hsu argue you make a world out of as a college student?
(a) The things you buy.
(b) Your friends.
(c) Your books.
(d) Your family.
12. What did Hsu's father help him with after he moved away?
(a) Math homework.
(b) Cooking classes.
(c) Literature homework.
(d) Music.
13. What did Hsu's father like to collect?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Records.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Fabric.
14. What did Ken initially think he wanted to study?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Literature.
(d) Politics.
15. What law's passage did Hsu and others protest against in 1996?
(a) Proposition 300.
(b) Proposition 305.
(c) Proposition 209.
(d) Proposition 209.
Short Answer Questions
1. What industry boomed in California in the early 1990s?
2. Where does Hsu's father first go to college in America?
3. What felt intrusive to everyday life when Hsu was in college?
4. What did Hsu's parents do for their honeymoon?
5. What motivated Hsu to start his zine at first?
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