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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people were killed in the Dresden firebombing?
(a) 1,350.
(b) 1,350,000.
(c) 135,000.
(d) 13,500.

3. According to Kurt, what are we here on Earth to do?
(a) Multiply.
(b) Fart around.
(c) Make a difference.
(d) Work hard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appeared to George W. Bush when he was forty-one?

2. What must every sentence have?

3. What did Kurt used to 'laugh his head off' at?

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

5. What would Kurt provide with everyone if he had the chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did age affect Kurt's upbringing?

2. How does Kurt feel about American socialists?

3. What was Kurt's experience while writing "Slaughterhouse Five?" What was the key?

4. Why does Kurt think "Hamlet" is such a popular story?

5. What does Kurt say about Karl Marx's statements on religion?

6. According to Kurt, what is all great literature about? How does this make him feel?

7. Why do you think Kurt feels the way he does about technology?

8. What political undertones can you notice in this chapter?

9. What does Kurt make jokes about? What can he not make jokes about?

10. What advice does Kurt have for readers about creative writing?

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