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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the election 'shamelessly rigged?'
(a) Florida.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Texas.

2. What type of people want to become President?
(a) Corrupt businessmen.
(b) Nut cases.
(c) Normal people.
(d) Go-getters.

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

4. What makes life worth living for Kurt, other than music?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Sex.
(c) Saints.
(d) Nature.

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

6. What does Gil Berman do for a living?
(a) Writer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Comedian.
(d) Actor.

7. What is all pop music today derived from?
(a) Jazz.
(b) African percussion.
(c) The blues.
(d) Mozart.

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

9. In what country did Kurt experience the best rhythm-and-blues combo he had ever heard?
(a) Poland.
(b) Finland.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

10. What color are the aliens?
(a) Grey.
(b) Green.
(c) Mauve.
(d) Pink.

11. When is Kurt's birthday?
(a) November 21.
(b) November 31.
(c) November 11.
(d) November 1.

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

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

14. What town did Kurt 'black out at high noon?'
(a) West Wood.
(b) Woods Hole.
(c) Woodstock.
(d) Goodwood.

15. Who was President during the 1848 war with Mexico?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Polk.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kurt, why to foreigners hate Americans?

2. What did Kurt feel like doing to his Uncle Dan?

3. When did Eugene Debs die?

4. What does each short chapter in "Cat's Cradle" represent?

5. What did Kurt used to be the owner and manager of?

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