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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. With what magazine does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique in 1990 to write an article?
(a) National Geographic.
(b) Parade.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) US News and World Report.

2. According to Vonnegut's speech, what power do the MIT graduates have?
(a) To control the world's resources.
(b) To save the United States from self-destruction.
(c) To reign in or let loose enormous forces.
(d) To find a job in their city of choice.

3. What does Vonnegut never think he owes to himself or the world?
(a) To forgive his mother.
(b) To return to writing.
(c) To write a book about Jackson Pollock.
(d) To become a litigator.

4. Who sponsors Vonnegut's 1990 trip to Mozambique?
(a) CARE.
(b) World Vision.
(c) Audobon Society.
(d) FREEDOM.

5. To what does Vonnegut compare ignoring distractions and repeating a mantra?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Painting.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vonnegut's trip to Mozambique make him feel?

2. As a writer Vonnegut is an anthropologist and writes about what acculturated primitive people?

3. How does Mark feel about the 1960s?

4. With whom does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Why does Vonnegut believe Alcoholics Anonymous is the U.S.'s most nurturing contribution to planetary culture?

5. How are ex-hippies more scarred than Vietnam veterans?

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

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

8. How is Vonnegut different from other authors mentioned in this chapter?

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

10. What have other cultures done to oppress Germans and those of German descent?

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