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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much younger is Gil than Kurt?
(a) 36 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 51 years.

2. How tall are the aliens?
(a) Six inches.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Six centimeters.
(d) Six meters.

3. When was The Mask of Sanity published?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1941.

4. Where are the visitors staying in New York?
(a) The Hilton.
(b) The Ritz.
(c) The Waldorf Astoria.
(d) The Super 8.

5. According to Kurt, where did napalm come from?
(a) Mother nature.
(b) Harvard.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Weapons labs.

6. What does each short chapter in "Cat's Cradle" represent?
(a) A stand-alone work of art.
(b) Whatever you want it to.
(c) One day's work.
(d) A year of Kurt's life.

7. How old was the woman?
(a) 34.
(b) 43.
(c) 45.
(d) 54.

8. Whose line of Democratic tradition does Kurt belong to?
(a) Richard Herbert Nixon.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

9. Who is Kurt's hero?
(a) Louis Pasteur.
(b) Johann Klein.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Ignaz Semmelweis.

10. What type of engine did the Saab cars have in Kurt's day?
(a) Four-stroke.
(b) Steam.
(c) Two-stroke.
(d) Electric.

11. What burns at 451 degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Paper.
(c) Hair.
(d) Wood.

12. What can the devil cite for his purpose?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Encyclopedias.
(c) Websites.
(d) Peer-reviewed articles.

13. What did Abbie Hoffman say was the new high?
(a) Banana peels taken rectally.
(b) Orange peels taken intranasally.
(c) Apple skins taken intraveinously.
(d) Lemon rind taken orally.

14. 'The good Earth--we could have saved it, but we were too damn...'
(a) '...busy playing golf.'
(b) '...cheap and lazy.'
(c) '...stupid to figure out how.'
(d) '...stubborn to do it.'

15. In what state was Kurt's business located?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the sappy woman from?

2. What does Kurt tell Joe he must do?

3. According to Kurt, what are we not born with?

4. Who was President during the 1848 war with Mexico?

5. What type of doctor is Kurt's son?

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