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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Vonnegut compare censorship's always being on the rise, around, and undiagnosed?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Alzheimer's.
(d) AIDS.

2. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?
(a) As a tribute to his father and grandfather.
(b) He is an architect.
(c) As a tribute to his son, Mark.
(d) He loves architecture.

3. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?
(a) George Segal.
(b) Jackson Pollock.
(c) Keith Haring.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

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

5. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?
(a) Their appetites.
(b) Their weights.
(c) Casualties.
(d) Their hearts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?

2. What is the name of the Bishop Vonnegut travels with to the Galapagos?

3. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?

4. Those with addiction eventually hit rock bottom. Vonnegut believes Western Civilization hit rock bottom in World War I. Unlike those with addictions who admit that their addiction is ruining their lives, how does Western Civilization react to hitting rock bottom?

5. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?

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