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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Painting.
(c) Printmaking.
(d) Sculpture.

2. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?
(a) He is an Anglo-Saxon.
(b) He is not as intelligent as others in Cape Cod.
(c) He is not as wealthy as other in Cape Cod.
(d) He is a non-Anglo-Saxon.

3. Vonnegut is enthusiastic about Pollock's work, but what does he feel is missing from Pollock's paintings?
(a) Organization.
(b) Human figures.
(c) Color.
(d) A horizon.

4. What does Vonnegut's late grandfather, Bernard, whom Vonnegut never meets, scorn?
(a) His grandchildren.
(b) His birthplace, Indianapolis.
(c) His son, Kurt Vonnegut Sr..
(d) His high school, Warren Central.

5. Why does Vonnegut feel lucky to have been born in Indianapolis?
(a) It is a beautiful city.
(b) He treasures the friendships he made in Indianapolis.
(c) Indianapolis is the center of the art world.
(d) He receives a rich and humane primary and secondary education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut believe is the United State's only true art form prior to Jackson Pollock's work?

2. What is Vonnegut's opinion of Charlton Heston's commercials advocating that civilians keep military weapons?

3. Where does Vonnegut first meet O'Hare?

4. What happens to all writers?

5. What happens to Algren that keeps Vonnegut from asking if Rushdie may join them at his party?

(see the answer key)

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