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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 was the name of Dr. Breed's wife?
(a) Angela.
(b) Marie.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Emily.

2. In what fraternity was the narrator a member during his college years?
(a) Kappa Sigma.
(b) Delta Upsilon.
(c) Theta Chi.
(d) Beta Theta Pi.

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

4. What word refers to the instrument that brings a person into his "team" in the beliefs of Bokononists?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Kan-kan."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Karass."

5. What was the name of the man that Dr. Breed describes as having been executed for committing 26 murders in Chapter 13?
(a) Julian William Anderson.
(b) Andrew James Krementz.
(c) George Minor Moakely.
(d) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?

2. What does Dr. Breed's secretary say "God really is" in Chapter 26?

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

4. 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"?

5. What is the title of Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What statements does the author make about nihilism in Chapter 36?

7. What is meant by Mrs. Minton's remarks on indexing in Chapter 55?

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

9. How is Dr. Felix Hoenikker's personality described in Cat's Cradle?

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

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