1. 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?
(a) It continues to be ignorant of the disease and continues to allow those who are sick to be kept in positions of power.
(b) It buys more electronic devices to distract itself.
(c) It realizes that its addiction is affecting human life, but it does not care.
(d) It reacts in a similar way to those who are addicted.

2. Why does Vonnegut believe Christians have no alternative but to hate and then kill in imaginary self-defense?
(a) Christians try and fail to love continually.
(b) The religious leaders encourage them to hate others.
(c) Christians know there is a time to kill, as well as a time to heal.
(d) They are trying to convert others but fail.

3. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?
(a) His writing.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) His cats.

4. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?
(a) He is not as wealthy as other in Cape Cod.
(b) He is a non-Anglo-Saxon.
(c) He is not as intelligent as others in Cape Cod.
(d) He is an Anglo-Saxon.

5. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?
(a) He has never had a female friend.
(b) His wife is thoughtful and caring.
(c) His wife says hateful, horrible things to him late at night.
(d) His daughter is very critical of him.