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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 PP stand for?

2. What country does Saab come from?

3. According to Kurt, what occupied country has America become like?

4. What town did Kurt 'black out at high noon?'

5. What are the people that Kurt blames for ruining America born without?

Short Essay Questions

1. What debate does Kurt have with the man who does not give his address?

2. What is Kurt's theory about the relationship between the moon and planet Earth?

3. What advice does Kurt give the woman hoping to have a baby?

4. How does Kurt feel about music?

5. What type of car did Kurt used to sell?

6. What does Kurt say about the value of books?

7. What comparison does Kurt make involving the Bush administration? What values would he like to see the government adopt?

8. How does Kurt feel about Jesus?

9. What does Kurt say is all he really ever wanted to do?

10. How does Kurt feel about the Bush administration and the way it gained power?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the environmental future of the Earth, with a focus on whether or not humanity will be able to prevent an environmental catastrophe (optimism vs. pessimism). Then write what you believe to be Vonnegut's point of view on the issue.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on Shakespeare and his influence on world culture. Be sure to address:

1) What makes Shakespeare such an important playwright.

2) Themes and subject matter addressed in Shakespeare's work.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that summarizes what you feel to be Kurt Vonnegut's political beliefs based on what you have read in "A Man Without A Country," with evidence from the text.

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