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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 does Vonnegut realize about socialism?

2. What does Vonnegut think is worth pursuing?

3. What did Trout's parents observe the animals do in their observations?

4. Who runs into the Academy informing everyone free will has returned?

5. What do Trout and his companion tell the homeless men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

2. What does Vonnegut think a future study should be?

3. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

4. What nearly crushes Prince as free will returns?

5. How did Vonnegut's step grandmother affect him and the other grandchildren?

6. What did Vonnegut turn down to go to college instead?

7. Describe Vonnegut's step grandmother.

8. Discuss what Vonnegut sees as the difference between his work and his brother's.

9. What do Vonnegut's parents observe?

10. How does Vonnegut feel about his brother's art?

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

Explain and describe what the character Fleon Sunoco represents in "Timequake" and his importance to the overall meaning of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and explain how humans pretend to understand life but really have no idea of what life means to them individually.

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