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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chapter 12's title?
(a) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(b) "End of the World Delight."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."

2. How many children did Dr. Felix Hoenikker have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What John describe as the Bokononist word meaning "a sudden, very personal shove in the direction of Bokononism, in the direction of believing that God Almighty knew all about me, after all, that God Almighty had some pretty elaborate plans for me"?
(a) "Kan-kan."
(b) "Karass."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Wampeter."

4. Where does Newt's sister live, according to his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) Montrose, California.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

5. Where does John stay when in Ilium in Chapter 10?
(a) The Four Seasons hotel.
(b) The Casa Mona hotel.
(c) The Ritz Carlton hotel.
(d) The Del Prado Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Newt Hoenikker when his father died?

2. What was the name of Dr. Breed's wife?

3. What does John say in Chapter 32 "is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is"?

4. How old is Frank Hoenikker when John finds his picture in the newspaper supplement in Chapter 37?

5. To whom is the poem attributed on the tombstone that says, "Mother, Mother, how I pray / For you to guard us every day"?

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