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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-half.
(d) Three-fourths.

3. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?
(a) Printmaking.
(b) Painting.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Pottery.

4. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?
(a) The "villains" are art, music, and dance, not culture.
(b) The "villains" are drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
(c) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.
(d) The "villains" are drugs, theft, and rape, not society.

5. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?
(a) They worry about her getting mixed up with Germans.
(b) They do not trust Vonnegut.
(c) They think she is not healthy enough to marry.
(d) They think she is too young to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the author's father die?

2. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?

3. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?

4. Why does the Spanish Civil War give Hemingway material rather than World War I?

5. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?

(see the answer key)

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