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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. Where is the newsstand that Kurt goes to?
(a) 22nd Street.
(b) 48th Street.
(c) 56th Street.
(d) 43rd Street.

2. What was the only way Kurt could get into an adult conversation when he was young?
(a) By constantly interrupting.
(b) By speaking loudly and quickly.
(c) By breaking something or doing something naughty.
(d) By saying something really funny.

3. How old is Kurt at the time of writing?
(a) Ninety-one.
(b) Eighty-two.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Sixty-three.

4. When did the first crack appear between English and German Americans?
(a) When the Germans first arrived.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The First World War.

5. How many men did the British government execute for 'machine breaking' in 1813?
(a) 102.
(b) 17.
(c) 4,321.
(d) 55.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Kurt get a Master's degree in after the war?

3. What is a Luddite?

4. How long ago was the first electric generator built?

5. Who does Hamlet stab through the curtains?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kurt say humor is a response to?

2. What does Kurt say about what men and women want?

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

4. What attachment does Kurt feel for his community?

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

6. What does Kurt say about electronic communities? Do you agree?

7. What was important to Kurt while he was growing up?

8. Describe Kurt's process for sending his work to his typist.

9. According to Kurt, what was the 'beginning of the end?'

10. Why does Kurt smoke? What has his experience been with drugs?

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