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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kurt, where did napalm come from?

2. What is the working title of Kurt's book?

3. What did the New York Times guarantee were in Iraq?

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

5. When is Kurt's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that humans are really too 'cheap and lazy' to save the planet?

2. What does Kurt say the book is about?

3. What does Kurt say about guessing?

4. According to Kurt, what do humanists believe?

5. How does Kurt feel about the Bush administration and the way it gained power?

6. What is the main theme in Mark Twain's "The Mysterious Stranger?" Do you agree?

7. According to Kurt, what has his children's generation inherited?

8. What type of car did Kurt used to sell?

9. Why does Kurt think the suicide rate of slave owners was higher than the suicide rate of slaves?

10. What have the PPs done to the country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an informal essay on the importance and role of music in your life, and the lives of those around you. Discuss your favorite musical artists, and how their music influences you.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the Great Depression from an economic standpoint, examining its causes, effects, and solution. Be sure to address at least one of these points:

1) Political leadership and the Depression.

2) Differences and similarities between the Great Depression and recent economic crises in the United States.

3) The influence of the Great Depression on economics as a discipline.

Essay Topic 3

Research and write a short essay on humanism, including the foundations of the belief, major contributors, and well-known adherents.

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