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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. What was Fleon wearing when he committed suicide?
(a) A bathing suit.
(b) His new underwear.
(c) A lab coat.
(d) His suit and tails.

2. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?
(a) They have radio wires in their heads.
(b) They were born with extra brain power.
(c) Their brains are fatter.
(d) Their brains are bigger.

3. What does Vonnegut recognize the importance of in Chapter 17?
(a) Love.
(b) Passion.
(c) Religion.
(d) Friendship.

4. Who is Monica Pepper?
(a) Trout's sister.
(b) Vonnegut's sister.
(c) One of Vonnegut's fictionalized character.
(d) Trout's cousin.

5. What should people suspend to enjoy poetry and fiction?
(a) Their initial thought.
(b) Their ulterior desires.
(c) Their natural skepticism.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zolant react to seeing the manuscript?

2. What kills Zoltan when free will is reinstated?

3. Whose brains does Fleon study?

4. How does Trout want people to perceive him?

5. What is the symbolism of bingo in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what the author did after World War II.

2. What does the author bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?

3. What is Xanadu?

4. Why does the author think humans are stupid?

5. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

6. What happened to people in the western hemisphere when the timequake ended and why?

7. Describe why the author recalls one of his friend's tears.

8. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

9. What does Vonnegut believe most people are interested in?

10. Where did the police find Trout and why?

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