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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization prevents Mozambicans from learning to read and write?
(a) RENAMO.
(b) CARE.
(c) WHO.
(d) World Vision.

2. How does Vonnegut's trip to Mozambique make him feel?
(a) Motivated.
(b) Physically drained.
(c) Emotionally empty.
(d) Enthusiastic.

3. For what does the traditional requiem ask?
(a) Sinners to be damned to Hell for all eternity.
(b) A heaven filled with angels playing harps.
(c) Entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven by Saint Peter.
(d) Eternal rest for the dead, where God's light perpetually shines on them.

4. What is World Vision?
(a) A Muslim organization bringing the teachings of Mohammed to other cultures.
(b) An American Christian charity bringing supplies to refugees.
(c) An American optometrist organization bringing glasses to the underpriveledged.
(d) A Buddhist charity bringing peace to other cultures.

5. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?
(a) Edgar Grana.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Dame Edna.
(d) Edith Wharton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

2. What is one thing Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future?

3. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?

4. To what does Vonnegut compare the lyrics of the new requiem setting?

5. Who sponsors Vonnegut's 1990 trip to Mozambique?

(see the answer key)

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