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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do jokes work?
(a) By hooking and releasing the listener, causing the release of fight-or-flight chemicals through laughter.
(b) Jokes connect the listener to other listeners.
(c) The comedian tells the audience something funny about society that seems outrageous but is true.
(d) Comedians and the audienceshare a funny moment.

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

3. Vonnegut's 1990 article in the New York Times observes that American humorists/satirists grow to be what past a certain age?
(a) Grumpy.
(b) Sarcastic old men.
(c) Intolerably unfunny pessimists.
(d) Enthusiastic optimists.

4. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?
(a) Conserving energy.
(b) Working towards a peacable agreement.
(c) Limiting waste.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vonnegut's opinion of Charlton Heston's commercials advocating that civilians keep military weapons?

2. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?

3. According to the Attorney General's Commission, what is worth its expensive price tag?

4. What is the definition of this society of which Dr. Robert Redfield speaks?

5. Who is the author of THE KILIMANJARO DEVICE?

(see the answer key)

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