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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "I'm Going to Tell You Some News".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who built the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine?
(a) Wilhelm Maybach.
(b) Karl Benz.
(c) Ferdinand Redtenbacher.
(d) Gottlieb Daimler.

2. How long has it taken humanity to destroy the planet?
(a) Two thousand years.
(b) Fewer than two hundred years.
(c) One thousand years.
(d) Five hundred years.

3. What is it improper to do to a soldier when he returns home?
(a) Show him a war movie.
(b) Refer to him as a soldier.
(c) Give him flowers.
(d) Ask him what he saw.

4. What did Kurt study in university?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Writing.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) English Literature.

5. When were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?

2. What does the man turn into at the end of Franz Kafka's story?

3. What can a prince do?

4. Who appeared to George W. Bush when he was forty-one?

5. What was there a large number of on the radio?

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