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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) CARE.
(b) World Vision.
(c) Audobon Society.
(d) FREEDOM.

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

3. What is one thing Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future?
(a) Today's rulers need to stop thinking science can fix anything for $1 trillion.
(b) Future generations need to use more petroleum for fuel.
(c) Leaders of the future should fix the environment issues through scientific discoveries.
(d) Countries in the future should stop communicating with one another.

4. Who is the composer of the new requiem setting?
(a) Josh Groban.
(b) Robert Samels.
(c) Celine Dion.
(d) Andrew Lloyd Webber.

5. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) Pope John II.
(c) Pope Pius V.
(d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is World Vision?

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

3. Who is the model for Vonnegut's Bill Pilgrim in SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?

4. How is the character Bill Pilgrim different from Joe Crone?

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

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