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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 Mrs. Crosby's first name?
(a) Mona.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Marie.
(d) Hazel.
2. 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) Moby Dick.
(b) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.
(c) 2000 A.D.
(d) The Day the World Ended.
3. Who is the poet that John let stay in his apartment while he was in Ilium in Chapter 36?
(a) Sherman Krebbs.
(b) Marvin Holderness.
(c) Lyman Enders Knowles.
(d) George Minor Moakely.
4. How long ago does Newt say his brother Frank disappeared in his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 year ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 10 years ago.
(d) 2 years ago.
5. What business did Emily Hoenikker's father own?
(a) A music store.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) A dress store.
(d) A candy store.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Chapter 12's title?
2. What does the narrator tell the reader to call him in Chapter 1?
3. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
4. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?
5. For what company did Dr. Felix Hoenikker work most of his life?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theory of "Dynamic Tension" described in Chapter 47?
2. How does Newt Hoenikker describe his interaction with his father on the day the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima?
3. What is significant about Frank's action of staging bug fights in Chapter 6?
4. What is significant about the metaphor of cannonballs in the narrative?
5. How is the character of Sherman Krebbs used as a means to satire in the novel?
6. What aspects of Dr. Hoenikker's character are revealed through Dr. Breed's stories of him in Chapter 14?
7. How is Dr. Felix Hoenikker's personality described in Cat's Cradle?
8. What irony is revealed in Dr. Breed's assessments of Ilium's history in Chapter 13?
9. How is Bokonon's history and arrival at San Lorenzo described in Chapter 48?
10. What are the Bokononist warnings that the narrator relates to the reader in Chapter 4?
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