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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 name of the U.S. Ambassador that attends John's swearing in ceremony?
(a) Lionel Boyd Johnson.
(b) Lyman Enders Knowles.
(c) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(d) Horlick Minton.

2. What does John call the tornadoes he can see filling the sky in Chapter 116?
(a) Demons.
(b) Worms.
(c) Spikes.
(d) Giants.

3. What Bokononist word from the novel refers to a man who wants all of somebody's love?
(a) "Sin-wat."
(b) "Vin-dit."
(c) "Saroon."
(d) "Kan-kan."

4. What is the title of Chapter 100?
(a) "Pabu."
(b) "Down the Oubliette Goes Frank."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "A White Bride for the Son of a Pullman Porter."

5. What is one phrase that "pool-pah" has been translated as in The Books of Bokonon?
(a) "Trust in Humanity."
(b) "The moon."
(c) "Love of God."
(d) "Wrath of God."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the doctor that attends to Papa Monzano, according to Julian Castle in Chapter 83?

2. What is the title of Chapter 58?

3. What is the name of the training camp for soldiers on San Lorenzo?

4. What causes the rockslide in Chapter 115?

5. What does Julian Castle claim to be the only aspect of progress that really excites the people of San Lorenzo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dr. Felix Hoenikker die? What clues allude to how he died?

2. What considerations does John have regarding Bokononism as he writes his presidential acceptance speech in Chapter 101?

3. Why was Bokononism initially banned? What impact did the ban have on Bokonon?

4. What statement do you think that Kurt Vonnegut is making through the character of Mona in the novel?

5. What is Philip Castle's implication when he asks John if he sells medicine in Chapter 70?

6. How is the Papa Monzano's bomb shelter described in Chapter 117?

7. What causes the contamination of Ice-nine during the celebration in Chapter 115? What happens when Ice-nine is released?

8. How is Newt's painting described in Chapter 74? What does it signify?

9. What is done with Dr. Von Koenigswald's body in Chapter 113? Why?

10. What is satirical about the "writer's strike" that Philip Castle proposes in Chapter 103?

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