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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. Why does Rait believe she can say whatever she pleases in English?
(a) She likes speaking in English.
(b) She is a non-native speaker.
(c) She believes that what she has to say is important.
(d) She is very opinionated.

2. What is World Vision?
(a) A Muslim organization bringing the teachings of Mohammed to other cultures.
(b) A Buddhist charity bringing peace to other cultures.
(c) An American optometrist organization bringing glasses to the underpriveledged.
(d) An American Christian charity bringing supplies to refugees.

3. Who is Vonnegut's favorite translator, with whom he falls in platonic love?
(a) Rachel Ray.
(b) Rita Rait.
(c) Ramon Ramone.
(d) Roberta Rambelli.

4. What does Vonnegut believe may unite mankind, by creating a generation that does not need to fight to be disillusioned by war?
(a) Television.
(b) World peace.
(c) Unitarianism.
(d) Socialism.

5. What is an example of a book that Vonnegut believes moralizes?
(a) "Gulliver's Travels."
(b) "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing."
(c) "Lord of the Rings."
(d) "Blubber."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a scheme of self-defense that only maligned and oppressed minorities should be allowed to use?

2. What pictures would Vonnegut hang if he were president of MIT?

3. When the definition for Schizophrenia has been tightened, how is Mark now classified?

4. What features imperialism, the capture of other societies' lands, and treasure by arms?

5. Jane, Vonnegut's first wife, is born a Quaker and dies as a member of what denomination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vonnegut mean when he tells the MIT graduates that they have the power to turn loose or reign in enormous forces?

2. What is Vonnegut's opinion on war?

3. Why does Vonnegut believe Colonialism will bust up all cultures and create a Third World planet?

4. How has Vonnegut's belief in the cause of mental illness changed since the beginning of the book? Why?

5. Name two things Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future.

6. Why should many people take offense to privileged Vonnegut?

7. How does Jane Cox deal with her loneliness when her children are grown and move out?

8. Do you think, based on the information given, Rita Rait enjoys winning the limerick contest? Why or why not?

9. What terrible thing happens to sufferers of "Folk Society Deficiency," or FSD? Give an example.

10. Although the subtitle of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE is "The Children's Crusade," what are the average ages mentioned of those who died in war?

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