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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Vonnegut is the third person in his family to have a one-person show and the second to put in time in a "laughing academy." What is he the first to do?
(a) Have an unhappy marriage.
(b) Create art.
(c) Divorce and remarry.
(d) Write.
2. Who is the composer of the new requiem setting?
(a) Robert Samels.
(b) Celine Dion.
(c) Josh Groban.
(d) Andrew Lloyd Webber.
3. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?
(a) Their weights.
(b) Their hearts.
(c) Their appetites.
(d) Casualties.
4. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?
(a) They do not believe that one can recover from schizophrenia.
(b) Mark has all the symptoms of someone who is depressed.
(c) They do not believe that one can recover from bipolar disorder.
(d) Mark seems sad.
5. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Printmaking.
(d) Painting.
Short Answer Questions
1. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?
2. The Vonnegut family expects its family members to go out east to college. Where does the author's dad, Kurt Vonnegut Sr., go to college?
3. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?
4. What does Vonnegut's late grandfather, Bernard, whom Vonnegut never meets, scorn?
5. To what does Vonnegut compare the lyrics of the new requiem setting?
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