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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did prohibition last?
(a) From 1910-1922.
(b) From 1921-1945.
(c) From 1919-1933.
(d) From 1930-1940.

2. What is the name of the first story that Kurt demonstrates with a line graph?
(a) Man in Trouble.
(b) Man in World.
(c) Man in Hole.
(d) Man in Love.

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

4. Who did Kurt smoke marijuana with?
(a) Bill Hicks.
(b) Led Zepellin.
(c) Jerry Garcia.
(d) Jimmy Hendrix.

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

6. What do women want?
(a) Children.
(b) A lot of people to talk to.
(c) To be respected.
(d) A rich man.

7. What type of water does Kurt prefer?
(a) Running water.
(b) Icewater.
(c) Saltwater.
(d) Freshwater.

8. What does Freud call laughless jokes?
(a) Maternal humor.
(b) Silent humor.
(c) Dead humor.
(d) Gallows humor.

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

10. What device made of steel does Kurt use for his paper?
(a) Paper cutter.
(b) Paperclip.
(c) Paperweight.
(d) Staple.

11. At what age did Kurt start smoking?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twelve.

12. According to Kurt, what is a couple really saying to each other when they have an argument?
(a) 'You do not understand me!'
(b) 'You do not respect my right to be me!'
(c) 'You are not enough people!'
(d) 'You are not the right person for me!'

13. What did Prometheus give to the humans?
(a) Gold.
(b) Fire.
(c) Light.
(d) The sword.

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

15. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Coal miner.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Economist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Kurt's high school?

2. What is humor a physiological response to?

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

4. When did Emma Lazarus write her famous sonnet about the 'poor,' 'wretched,' and 'homeless?'

5. When were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed?

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