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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. What common expression does Vonnegut give detail on?

2. What does Fleon discover on the human brains who have been attributed as an intelligent?

3. What kind of expressions does Vonnegut mention throughout his description of Hitler and life on autopilot?

4. In what city is the American Academy of Arts and Letters located?

5. What does Vonnegut predict jock itch will become fatal with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

2. How does Vonnegut feel about religion?

3. Who is Monica Pepper?

4. What is the implication about free will during the timequake?

5. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

6. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

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

8. What is Xanadu?

9. Describe what Vonnegut's siblings were like after World War II.

10. Why does Zoltan become excited in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain and analyze the responsibility of free will and how that responsibility impacts one's actions and consequences to their actions?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain what Vonnegut suggest about fate versus free will when the timequake ends and free will once again resumes?

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