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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. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Ilium, New York.
(b) Ithaca, New York.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) New Brunswick, New Jersey.

2. Whom is John sent to write an article about in San Lorenzo in Chapter 40?
(a) George Minor Moakely.
(b) Sherman Krebbs.
(c) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(d) Julian Castle.

3. 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) 2000 A.D.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) The Day the World Ended.
(d) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.

4. What is Chapter 31's title?
(a) "Another Breed."
(b) "End of the World Delight."
(c) "The Marines March On."
(d) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."

5. How long is the island of San Lorenzo described as in Chapter 38?
(a) 50 miles long.
(b) 10 miles long.
(c) 20 miles long.
(d) 70 miles long.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall does Newt Hoenikker claim to be in his letter to John?

2. Where does Newt's sister live, according to his letter in Chapter 5?

3. What does John claim Alfred Nobel invented in Chapter 32?

4. How many siblings does Bokonon have?

5. What John describe as the Bokononist word meaning "a sudden, very personal shove in the direction of Bokononism, in the direction of believing that God Almighty knew all about me, after all, that God Almighty had some pretty elaborate plans for me"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony is revealed in Dr. Breed's assessments of Ilium's history in Chapter 13?

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

3. What are the Bokononist warnings that the narrator relates to the reader in Chapter 4?

4. What is surprising to John when he encounters the Hoenikker burial plot in Chapters 29 and 30?

5. What information does Newt relate about his siblings in his letter in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

9. How does Newt Hoenikker describe his interaction with his father on the day the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima?

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

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