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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. What is the title of Chapter 29?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(c) "The Marines March On."
(d) "No More Mud."

2. John cites Bokonon in Chapter 31 as having said, "Peculiar travel suggestions are" what?
(a) "Dancing lessons from God."
(b) "Kisses from the universe."
(c) "Warnings of a bleak future."
(d) "The leanings of fate."

3. Where does John stay when in Ilium in Chapter 10?
(a) The Casa Mona hotel.
(b) The Four Seasons hotel.
(c) The Ritz Carlton hotel.
(d) The Del Prado Hotel.

4. How old was Angela Hoenikker when her mother died?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

5. Who was the prisoner that wrote and sent his book to Dr. Felix Hoenikker?
(a) William H. Skawinski.
(b) Julian William Anderson.
(c) Andrew James Krementz.
(d) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a "wampeter" defined in Chapter 24?

2. What does the narrator tell the reader to call him in Chapter 1?

3. What was the name of the man that Dr. Breed describes as having been executed for committing 26 murders in Chapter 13?

4. What is the title of Chapter 11?

5. What is the title of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the stone angel monument at the sales room in Ilium?

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

3. What project does Dr. Breed describe Dr. Hoenikker working on at the time of his death? What was Dr. Hoenikker's objective?

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

5. Who is Lyman Knowles and what does he represent in the novel?

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

7. What symbolism can be seen in the graves of Emily and Felix Hoenikker?

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

9. What is significant about Frank's action of staging bug fights in Chapter 6?

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

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