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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 Remington Rumfoord's steam yacht that he traveled the world in with Bokonon?
(a) The White Lion.
(b) The Raven.
(c) The Lady's Slipper.
(d) The Scheherazade.

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

3. What is the married name of Newt's sister, as revealed in his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. J. Smith Beacon.
(b) Mrs. Harrison C. Conners.
(c) Mrs. Newton B. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Quincy Rudolph.

4. What does John claim Alfred Nobel invented in Chapter 32?
(a) The submarine.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Steel.
(d) Gunpowder.

5. What is the name of the woman on the cover of the San Lorenzo supplement in the newspaper whom John falls in love with at first sight?
(a) Elizabeth McAnderson.
(b) Mona Aamons Monzano.
(c) Julia Castle.
(d) Rachel Marie Monzano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined by Bokonon as "a person who steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing that line . . . to an absurdity"?

2. 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"?

3. What materials are required to play the "Cat's Cradle" game that is described in the narrative?

4. How old was Newt Hoenikker when his father died?

5. What is the title of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Miss Pefko characterized in the novel?

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