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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. How does John describe the aesthetic of Ilium, New York, in Chapter 13?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Delicate.
2. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) "Protein."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "End of the World Delight."
3. When was Bokonon born?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1925.
4. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?
(a) 122 degrees Farenheit.
(b) 114.4 degrees Farenheit.
(c) 98.6 degrees Farenheit.
(d) 136.2 degrees Farenheit.
5. How old is Frank Hoenikker when John finds his picture in the newspaper supplement in Chapter 37?
(a) 29.
(b) 26.
(c) 32.
(d) 36.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does John claim Alfred Nobel invented in Chapter 32?
2. Where does John stay when in Ilium in Chapter 10?
3. Where was Dr. Felix Hoenikker when he died?
4. What Christmas carol do the "girls" of Dr. Breed's office sing in Chapter 20?
5. For what kind of dog does the narrator describe building a dog house in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about Frank's action of staging bug fights in Chapter 6?
2. What project does Dr. Breed describe Dr. Hoenikker working on at the time of his death? What was Dr. Hoenikker's objective?
3. Describe the narrative style of Cat's Cradle. Why do you think the author employs this style?
4. What statements does the author make about nihilism in Chapter 36?
5. What is significant about the metaphor of cannonballs in the narrative?
6. How is the theory of "Dynamic Tension" described in Chapter 47?
7. What irony is revealed in Dr. Breed's assessments of Ilium's history in Chapter 13?
8. How is Miss Pefko characterized in the novel?
9. How does Newt Hoenikker describe his interaction with his father on the day the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima?
10. What is meant by Mrs. Minton's remarks on indexing in Chapter 55?
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