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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 is it improper to do to a soldier when he returns home?
(a) Give him flowers.
(b) Refer to him as a soldier.
(c) Ask him what he saw.
(d) Show him a war movie.

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

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

4. Who made Kurt's first car?
(a) Volvo.
(b) Ford.
(c) Chevrolet.
(d) Studebaker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Kurt's brother than he is?

2. Why did Kurt have to talk to a cop?

3. How many pages would Kurt type before making corrections with a pencil?

4. What can a prince do?

5. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kurt feel about being an artist?

2. What does Kurt state is the truth about life?

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

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

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

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

7. According to Kurt, why do more people get divorced today? Do you agree?

8. What attachment does Kurt feel for his community?

9. What is the story of Hamlet? What story does Kurt compare it to?

10. What does Kurt say about prohibition and the war on drugs?

(see the answer keys)

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