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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?
(a) Alice's.
(b) Edith's.
(c) Kurt's.
(d) Alex's.

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

3. Who is nearing economic, legal, and social equality only in Vonnegut's lifetime?
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) Elderly people.
(d) Women and racial minorities.

4. Why does Vonnegut miss his 50th high school reunion?
(a) He contracts Lyme disease.
(b) His plane is delayed.
(c) He forgets the date of his reunion.
(d) He catches pneumonia.

5. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?
(a) They love to create work for collectors.
(b) They are happiest when they do not have to worry about other's opinions.
(c) They like to receive criticism from third parties.
(d) They constantly ask for approval from critics, curators, and collectors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the free speech provisions of the First Amendment make Vonnegut want to do?

3. Besides Indianapolis what other U.S. city is designed by the architect L'Enfant?

4. What date lives forever in infamy for Vonnegut?

5. What does Dr. Robert Redfield insist every society passes through?

(see the answer key)

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