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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. To whom had Frank Hoenikker's house once belonged?
(a) Sherman Krebbs.
(b) Nestor Aamons.
(c) George Minor Moakely.
(d) Julian Castle.

2. Where did Mr. Crosby attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Princeton University.

3. Chapter 76 is titled "Julian Castle Agrees with Newt that Everything is" what?
(a) "Meaningful."
(b) "Destructive."
(c) "Bokononism."
(d) "Meaningless."

4. Where does Frank place the hot plate in Chapter 111?
(a) On the piano.
(b) On the xylophone.
(c) On the sewer drain.
(d) On the bookcase.

5. What word means to acquiesce to the seeming demands of one's "vin-dit"?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Vin-dit."
(c) "Sin-wat."
(d) "Saroon."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the mountain range that rises abruptly to the north of the capital city of San Lorenzo?

2. What does Julian Castle say his playboy days had cost him in Chapter 80?

3. What is the title of Chapter 58?

4. Julian Castle claims in Chapter 104 that "The people of San Lorenzo are only interested in three things." What are these three things?

5. What is the title of Chapter 71?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony can be seen at the memorial celebration on San Lorenzo?

2. How is Frank's house described by the narrator?

3. What does the narrator comment regarding old men and wars in the novel?

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

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

6. What is remarked about history from Bokonon's writings in Chapter 113? What does this statement mean?

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

8. What is ironic about Ambassador Minton's statement regarding the 100 martyrs?

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

10. What does John spend his time doing in his last days after the destruction of Ice-nine?

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