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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can a prince do?
(a) Be true to himself.
(b) Be neither a borrower nor a lender.
(c) Make war.
(d) Kill anyone he wants.

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

3. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?
(a) By breaking something or doing something naughty.
(b) By saying something really funny.
(c) By speaking loudly and quickly.
(d) By constantly interrupting.

4. What was Kurt to older people at the dinner table when he was very young?
(a) Boring.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Intriguing.
(d) Annoying.

5. What is the first rule in creative writing?
(a) Do not use colons.
(b) Write creatively.
(c) Do not use semicolons.
(d) Do not use any punctuation whatsoever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is humor a physiological response to?

2. Why can Kurt not stand primitive people?

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

4. According to Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the greatest American short story?

5. When were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed?

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