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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?
(a) Alcohol and prescribed barbituates.
(b) A traumatic experience.
(c) Her addiction to cocaine.
(d) Her mean husband.

2. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?
(a) Mental illness is chemically based.
(b) Early trauma causes mental illness.
(c) Mental illness is caused by the sufferer's environment.
(d) A cold is the main cause of mental illness.

3. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?
(a) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.
(b) The "villains" are art, music, and dance, not culture.
(c) The "villains" are drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
(d) The "villains" are drugs, theft, and rape, not society.

4. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Franz Ferdinand.
(c) Leif Ericson.
(d) Marco Polo.

5. What is the title of the book Jane writes about raising their kids on Cape Cod?
(a) My Children, My Angels.
(b) Angels Without Wings.
(c) On a Wing and a Prayer.
(d) Angels in Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?

2. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?

3. Vonnegut defends what freedom?

4. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?

5. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?

(see the answer key)

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