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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) NYU.
(b) MIT.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Harvard.

2. To what does Vonnegut compare the lyrics of the new requiem setting?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The 100 Years War.
(d) The Tang Dynasty.

3. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They share a German surname.
(c) They both have pet dogs.
(d) They are both Jewish.

4. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?
(a) The Fourth of July Fireworks.
(b) Friends from school.
(c) The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
(d) Freedom from knowing humans will render the planet uninhabitable.

5. Why is Algren bitter over his masterpiece, The Man with the Golden Arm?
(a) He receives very little for his masterpiece.
(b) He does not like the how it ends.
(c) He fears he will not be able to create another masterpiece.
(d) He does not think it is a masterpiece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?

2. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?

3. After high school what does Jill make Manhattan and the world?

4. Does Vonnegut believe that most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia?"

5. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a possible reason for Jane's English relatives not wanting her to marry a German?

2. What are two things Vonnegut does not like about President Bush?

3. Vonnegut says children relate to the Universe as a one-on-one playmate. What profession does the same? When would members of this profession no longer play this way?

4. What examples does Vonnegut give to show that male bonding is important to men?

5. Why does Father not enjoy working as an architect?

6. What is the Reverend's opinion on banning objectionable books?

7. How can you tell Vonnegut does not value medals and awards?

8. Of what significant Indianapolis building is Father the founder? Why is he bitter over the additions made on this building?

9. How does Vonnegut's requiem mass differ from Andrew Lloyd Webber's?

10. What does Hemingway share with Vonnegut?

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