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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. How does the narrator of "Martha Stewart's Vagina" describe the vagina?
(a) Shameful and atrocious.
(b) Lovely and delicate.
(c) Unfriendly.
(d) Exciting and ignored.
2. What does the narrator of "Martha Stewart's Vagina" say is the "centerpiece of your personal style"?
(a) The nude female body.
(b) Underwear.
(c) The vagina.
(d) Your clothing.
3. How does Teresa die in "Pen Pals"?
(a) Of old age.
(b) Falls off a cliff.
(c) Rides a roller coaster and has a heart attack.
(d) Tries to burn Princess Diana's letters.
4. What does Diana ask Teresa in her letter in "Pen Pals"?
(a) If they could exchange baby pictures.
(b) If she loves her job.
(c) If Teresa would give her away at her wedding.
(d) If Mother Teresa is married.
5. What does Ford's steward try to convince Ford of?
(a) He lives in Manchuria.
(b) That he is now president.
(c) The sky is actually falling.
(d) He is about to die.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who do Reform Jews believe is the funniest man alive according to the narrator of "The New Judaism"?
2. What does Ford choke on during a meeting in 1976?
3. Where is Senor Jangles killed?
4. What is Diana's reaction when she does not receive an answer from Mother Teresa in "Pen Pals"?
5. Who does Eileen Hanson state cheats the Hanson family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What events in "The Last Supper" are meant to be humorous?
2. What sorts of anthropomorphic characteristics does Senor Jangles have in "Local News"?
3. Compare and contrast the Orthodox with the New Judaism as explained in "The New Judaism".
4. Describe the setting for this story as given in the beginning of "Breakfast at Kennedy's."
5. Do you admire the Hansons? Why?
6. What sort of personality does Avram the waiter have in "The Last Supper"?
7. What is mentioned in "The Last Supper" about the source of the New Testament?
8. Describe the odd events captured on tape involving Gerald Ford.
9. Explain the symbolic meaning of da Vinci's lost notebook in "Da Vinci: the Lost Notebook."
10. What do you make of a small dog becoming so famous in "Local News"?
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