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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sponsors Vonnegut's 1990 trip to Mozambique?
(a) Audobon Society.
(b) CARE.
(c) World Vision.
(d) FREEDOM.

2. Requiem masses are customarily sung in what language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

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

4. Vonnegut references what Biblical story to his belief that people find life too hard and disappointing to act on repairing it?
(a) The Last Supper, with Jesus accusing Mark instead of Judas.
(b) Noah's Ark, as a sinking vessel with half its animals already dead.
(c) Adam and Eve not taking a bite from the forbidden fruit.
(d) Buddha sitting by the tree, but not becoming enlightened.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?

2. What is the date of Vonnegut's requiem's premier?

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

4. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?

5. Why is Vonnegut drawn to the text?

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