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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first novel ever to be written using a typewriter?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

2. What is the United States government conducting a war against?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Communism.
(d) Drugs.

3. During what time period did Kurt grow up?
(a) The Flower Power Decade.
(b) The Great War.
(c) The Roaring Twenties.
(d) The Great Depression.

4. What is the location for the first oil well in America?
(a) Titusville.
(b) New Castle.
(c) Dalton.
(d) Oil City.

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

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

7. Why is "Hamlet" a masterpiece?
(a) It is popular.
(b) It was written by Shakespeare.
(c) It was liked by the Araphos.
(d) It is true.

8. What is the youngest child in a family?
(a) A thinker.
(b) A brooder.
(c) A jokemaker.
(d) A whiner.

9. Why do so many people get divorced today?
(a) Incompatible personalities.
(b) People are unhappier these days.
(c) Divorce is more socially acceptable.
(d) No extended families.

10. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?
(a) His uncle.
(b) Horatio.
(c) His mother.
(d) Polonius.

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

12. What was the name of Kurt's high school?
(a) Brock High School.
(b) Shortridge High School.
(c) Hilltop High School.
(d) Cliffton High School.

13. Who was unsure about Jane Marie's decision to marry a German?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her cousins and brothers.
(c) Her father.
(d) An uncle.

14. What did one of Kurt's ancestors lose in battle?
(a) A leg.
(b) His life.
(c) An arm.
(d) An eye.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who demonstrated that catastrophes are funny?

2. Where does the typist live?

3. What must every sentence have?

4. When did Kurt write "Slaughterhouse Five?"

5. What city did Kurt see the destruction of first-hand?

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