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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to all writers?
(a) They grow dated.
(b) They become more famous with age.
(c) Their stories grow more optimistic with each passing year.
(d) They grow to be better writers.

2. Why is Algren bitter over his masterpiece, The Man with the Golden Arm?
(a) He receives very little for his masterpiece.
(b) He fears he will not be able to create another masterpiece.
(c) He does not like the how it ends.
(d) He does not think it is a masterpiece.

3. When does Vonnegut get sick?
(a) When it is useful to him.
(b) In the spring.
(c) When he does not get enough sleep.
(d) In the fall.

4. What does Pollock use to control his hands when he paints?
(a) Intuition.
(b) A painter's machine.
(c) Early sketches.
(d) Ideas from critics.

5. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?
(a) Abstract Expressionism.
(b) Post Modernism.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Photo Realism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is nearing economic, legal, and social equality only in Vonnegut's lifetime?

2. What limits Algren's popularity?

3. What does Vonnegut tell 1990 graduates of the University of Rhode Island?

4. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?

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

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