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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. How long ago was the first electric generator built?
(a) 212 years ago.
(b) 172 years ago.
(c) 111 years ago.
(d) 99 years ago.

2. How much older is Kurt's sister than he?
(a) Five years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

3. What did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?
(a) Literature.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Chemistry.

4. According to Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the greatest American short story?
(a) Robert Enrico.
(b) Emily Dickenson.
(c) Ambrose Bierce.
(d) William McKinley.

5. How have humans destroyed the planet?
(a) Fossil fuels.
(b) By cutting down the rainforest.
(c) Atomic weapons.
(d) Overpopulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?

2. What is humor a physiological response to?

3. What will Kurt tell readers from now on?

4. How did Albert Camus die?

5. What story is Kurt describing when he calls it 'one of the most popular stories ever told?'

(see the answer key)

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