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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut is the third person in his family to have a one-person show and the second to put in time in a "laughing academy." What is he the first to do?
(a) Write.
(b) Create art.
(c) Divorce and remarry.
(d) Have an unhappy marriage.

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

3. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?
(a) A stranger.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His friend O'Hare.

4. How does Vonnegut believe a writer's opinion about vocal third parties differs from that of a visual artist?
(a) They believe third parties are annoying.
(b) They dislike third parties as much as artists.
(c) Writing is tedious, so intruders, or third parties, are refreshing.
(d) They grow insecure when third parties give their opinions.

5. Vonnegut defends what freedom?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) Freedom of assembly.
(d) Freedom of religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?

2. What ethnic groups does the Attorney General's Commission label as "terrorists" whenever possible?

3. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?

4. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?

5. What is the title of the book Jane writes about raising their kids on Cape Cod?

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