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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vonnegut first meet O'Hare?
(a) Camp Atterbury.
(b) Camp Harrison.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

2. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Law.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Painting.

3. When does Vonnegut get sick?
(a) In the spring.
(b) When he does not get enough sleep.
(c) When it is useful to him.
(d) In the fall.

4. What does Dr. Robert Redfield insist every society passes through?
(a) The "Marxist Society" stage.
(b) The "Modern Society" stage.
(c) The "Fauvist Society" stage.
(d) The "Folk Society" stage.

5. What limits Algren's popularity?
(a) His distinct odor.
(b) A penchant for truth.
(c) His foul personality.
(d) His lack of connections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?

2. Why is Vonnegut good with guns?

3. As a writer Vonnegut is an anthropologist and writes about what acculturated primitive people?

4. What does Vonnegut's late grandfather, Bernard, whom Vonnegut never meets, scorn?

5. What is Vonnegut's opinion of Charlton Heston's commercials advocating that civilians keep military weapons?

(see the answer key)

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