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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Trout dress in Chapter 12?

2. Where is the writer's retreat located?

3. Where does Fleon prepare to go to?

4. What addiction does Vonnegut claim is possible for people?

5. Who shows Zolant Trout's manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

3. What type of writing does Trout want to write?

4. Describe what the Museum of the American Indian is turned into.

5. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

6. How does Vonnegut perceive his friend's tears?

7. What ideas are the author's expressions a major reflection of?

8. Describe Vonnegut's perception of Satan.

9. What is a timequake?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and analyze how writing can become an addiction. What are the dangers of the addiction of writing in comparison to other addictions like drugs and alcohol?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Vonnegut's opinion of his brother's artwork to his opinion of his own work. How does Vonnegut compare literary to folk art?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the differences in the actions of the humans that live in the Eastern hemisphere to those who live in the Western hemisphere during the timequake.

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