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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?
(a) Their childhood home.
(b) A publishing house.
(c) A condominium in New York City.
(d) The lake house.

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

3. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?
(a) The Brothers Karamazov.
(b) Blood Diamond.
(c) The Brothers Grimm.
(d) Blood Brothers.

4. Why does the Spanish Civil War give Hemingway material rather than World War I?
(a) Hemingway knows more about the Spanish Civil War than World War I.
(b) Americans are too upset by World War I.
(c) The U.S. enters World War I too late to have war stories.
(d) The Spanish Civial War has more exciting battles than World War I.

5. What is the name of Vonnegut's unfinished book depicting a doctor using talk therapy at Auschwitz to treat staff members' depression?
(a) SS Psychiatrist.
(b) SS Therapist.
(c) SS Indianapolis.
(d) SS Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?

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

3. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?

4. What limits Algren's popularity?

5. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?

(see the answer key)

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