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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?
(a) Carbon dioxide.
(b) Hydrofluoric acid.
(c) Hydrochloric acid.
(d) Hydrogen dioxide.

2. What is Vonnegut's sarcasm referring to when he mentions scales falling from his eyes?
(a) His sarcasm refer to the remark he makes about suppressing harmful words and images on his own.
(b) His sarcasm refers to a remark he makes about gun control.
(c) His sarcasm refers to a remark he makes about needing the government's aid in suppressing harmful words and images.
(d) His sarcasm refers to a remark he makes about the Second Amendment.

3. What tribal name do the Vonneguts give themselves?
(a) Pottawatomie.
(b) Epta mayan-boys.
(c) Black Feathers.
(d) Aztec-girls.

4. What does Vonnegut say happens to American literary history, that "generations" of writers are separated by less than twenty years?
(a) They have been so foreshortened.
(b) There are more writers.
(c) They are very young.
(d) There are more people being born.

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?
(a) Painting.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Writing.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?

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

3. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?

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

5. Why is Algren bitter over his masterpiece, The Man with the Golden Arm?

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