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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?
(a) Edgar Grana.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Dame Edna.

2. What choir performs Vonnegut's requiem?
(a) Hindu choir.
(b) United Methodist choir.
(c) Universalist Unitarian choir.
(d) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

3. Who is the model for Vonnegut's Bill Pilgrim in SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?
(a) Jane Seymour.
(b) Bishop Moore.
(c) Jack Spratt.
(d) Joe Crone.

4. With what magazine does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique in 1990 to write an article?
(a) US News and World Report.
(b) Parade.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. What is one thing Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future?
(a) Leaders of the future should fix the environment issues through scientific discoveries.
(b) Countries in the future should stop communicating with one another.
(c) Future generations need to use more petroleum for fuel.
(d) Today's rulers need to stop thinking science can fix anything for $1 trillion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Requiem masses are customarily sung in what language?

2. What is the date of Vonnegut's requiem's premier?

3. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?

4. What is World Vision?

5. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

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