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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut believes that the goal in the U.S. is only to train intelligent, well-educated people to do what?
(a) Speak rudely and arrogantly.
(b) Speak stupidly and gain popularity.
(c) Speak cautiously and quietly.
(d) Speak slowly and carefully.

2. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-third.
(c) Three-fourths.
(d) One-half.

3. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?
(a) Mark seems sad.
(b) They do not believe that one can recover from bipolar disorder.
(c) They do not believe that one can recover from schizophrenia.
(d) Mark has all the symptoms of someone who is depressed.

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

5. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Painting.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

2. The Reverend wants which amendment to conform to his version of Christianity?

3. Why does the Spanish Civil War give Hemingway material rather than World War I?

4. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?

5. Dr. Nancy Andreassen finds that people in what profession tend to be depressive or come from depressive families more often than in the general public?

(see the answer key)

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