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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Do You Know What A Twerp Is?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Kurt go to high school?
(a) Middleton.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Wessex.

2. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?
(a) Homer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) All of the above.

3. What would Kurt use occasionally in jokes?
(a) Political references.
(b) Racial slurs.
(c) Obscene words.
(d) Innuendos.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?

2. What did Kurt used to 'laugh his head off' at?

3. How many people were killed in the Dresden firebombing?

4. What can Kurt not imagine a funny book about?

5. What was Kurt to older people at the dinner table when he was very young?

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