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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?
(a) A camping tent.
(b) A brownstone apartment
(c) An unheated frame cottage on a bluff.
(d) A large cabin in the valley.

2. Why are Vonnegut's jokes not funny?
(a) His jokes are immature and childish.
(b) He lacks a way to let readers off the hook.
(c) He is skilled at letting readers off the hook.
(d) He never attempts to tell jokes.

3. What is the name of the infant that the Vonneguts adopt?
(a) Rose.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Lily.

4. Vonnegut laments that people can say atrocious things in public, but he is charged with encouraging what?
(a) violent protests.
(b) violence against women and kiddy porn.
(c) violence against ethnic minorities.
(d) vulgar language.

5. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Depression.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of THE KILIMANJARO DEVICE?

2. Vonnegut is enthusiastic about Pollock's work, but what does he feel is missing from Pollock's paintings?

3. What government authority has several of its members involved in financial or sexual atrocities, as well as advocating for civilians to be armed with assault rifles?

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

5. What is one thing Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future?

(see the answer key)

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