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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. When does Dr. Breed describe the man being hung that had killed 26 people in Chapter 13?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1859.

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "Secret Agent X-9."
(b) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(c) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

3. For what kind of dog does the narrator describe building a dog house in Chapter 3?
(a) A Husky.
(b) A Great Dane.
(c) A German Shepherd.
(d) An Anatolian Shepherd.

4. What position does John discover Frank Hoenikker holds in San Lorenzo in Chapter 37?
(a) Minister of War.
(b) Minister of Science and Progresss.
(c) Minister of Foreign Relations.
(d) Ambassador to the United States.

5. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?
(a) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) 2000 A.D.
(d) The Day the World Ended.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the chip of Ice-nine that Dr. Felix Hoenikker created?

2. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?

3. What is the population of San Lorenzo, according to the newspaper supplement in Chapter 38?

4. On what vessel did Bokonon travel from his home island to London in 1911?

5. Who was the prisoner that wrote and sent his book to Dr. Felix Hoenikker?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bokononism influence the language style of the novel?

2. What is significant about the metaphor of cannonballs in the narrative?

3. How is the character of Sherman Krebbs used as a means to satire in the novel?

4. What is the significance of the literary/religious allusion in the opening of Chapter 1?

5. How is the theory of "Dynamic Tension" described in Chapter 47?

6. How does the narrator describe San Lorenzo's attempt at communism in the narrative?

7. What statement do you think that Vonnegut is making in regards to politics and science in Cat's Cradle?

8. How is Bokonon's history and arrival at San Lorenzo described in Chapter 48?

9. What aspects of Dr. Hoenikker's character are revealed through Dr. Breed's stories of him in Chapter 14?

10. What irony can be found in Dr. Breed's discussions of superstition in Chapters 16-18?

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