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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Vonnegut's requiem's premier?
(a) March 13, 1998.
(b) March 13, 1988.
(c) October 13, 1988.
(d) October 13, 1998.

2. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?
(a) SUNY Purchase.
(b) Fordham.
(c) Columbia.
(d) NYU.

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

4. To what does Vonnegut compare the lyrics of the new requiem setting?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The Tang Dynasty.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The 100 Years War.

5. What choir performs Vonnegut's requiem?
(a) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
(b) United Methodist choir.
(c) Universalist Unitarian choir.
(d) Hindu choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the composer of the new requiem setting?

2. For what does the traditional requiem ask?

3. With what magazine does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique in 1990 to write an article?

4. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?

5. Why does Vonnegut become cranky when hearing his requiem performed?

(see the answer key)

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