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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut defends what freedom?
(a) Freedom of religion.
(b) Freedom of assembly.
(c) Freedom of the press.
(d) Freedom of speech.

2. What government authority has several of its members involved in financial or sexual atrocities, as well as advocating for civilians to be armed with assault rifles?
(a) The Attorney General's Commission on Religious Freedom.
(b) The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography.
(c) The Attorney General's Commission Civil Rights.
(d) The Attorney General's Commission on Gun Control.

3. Why does the Spanish Civil War give Hemingway material rather than World War I?
(a) Hemingway knows more about the Spanish Civil War than World War I.
(b) The U.S. enters World War I too late to have war stories.
(c) Americans are too upset by World War I.
(d) The Spanish Civial War has more exciting battles than World War I.

4. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?
(a) Blood Diamond.
(b) The Brothers Karamazov.
(c) The Brothers Grimm.
(d) Blood Brothers.

5. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?
(a) Depression.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vonnegut believes that the goal in the U.S. is only to train intelligent, well-educated people to do what?

2. According to the Attorney General's Commission, what is worth its expensive price tag?

3. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?

4. Vonnegut is enthusiastic about Pollock's work, but what does he feel is missing from Pollock's paintings?

5. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?

(see the answer key)

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