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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. What is the title of Chapter 95?

2. What beverages are offered at the ceremonies in Chapter 102?

3. What is the title of Chapter 71?

4. What is the Bokononist ritual that involves touching feet with a person to mingle awareness?

5. How many people depart the plane in San Lorenzo, including the narrator, in Chapter 62?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the morality surrounding the Hoenikker children taking the Ice-nine in Chapter 113?

2. What is ironic about Ambassador Minton's statement regarding the 100 martyrs?

3. What is done with Dr. Von Koenigswald's body in Chapter 113? Why?

4. What considerations does John have regarding Bokononism as he writes his presidential acceptance speech in Chapter 101?

5. What is the impending celebration for in San Lorenzo when the narrator arrives?

6. What irony can be seen at the memorial celebration on San Lorenzo?

7. What led to the mass suicide of many inhabitants of San Lorenzo?

8. How do the Hoenikker children describe the passing of the dog as a result of Ice-nine?

9. How is Franklin Hoenikker described by the narrator?

10. What is ironic about the cleaning process in Chapter 111?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to the three vials of Ice-nine that are split up between the Hoenikker children? What are the repercussions of the distribution of these vials? How does this reflect upon the international politics of the 1960s when the novel was published?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Dr. Felix Hoenikker. What role did Hoenikker play in the development of the atomic bomb? Where did he work at the time? How are his relationships with family and coworkers described in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the correlations between Ice-nine and weapons of mass destruction in our contemporary world. How would you compare the destructiveness of Ice-nine to the atomic bomb? What statements do you think that Vonnegut is making with Ice-nine regarding atomic warfare?

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