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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?
(a) A condominium in New York City.
(b) Their childhood home.
(c) The lake house.
(d) A publishing house.

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

3. This book is the sequel to what other book?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) Good Friday.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Friday the 13th.

4. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) World War I.
(d) September 11, 2001.

5. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?
(a) They are both of German descent.
(b) They both paint.
(c) They love New York City.
(d) They are both writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.

2. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?

3. Dr. Nancy Andreassen finds that people in what profession tend to be depressive or come from depressive families more often than in the general public?

4. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?

5. In Fates Worse Than Death, humorist Kurt Vonnegut examines the blindness of the American people to the hypocrisy of what administration?

(see the answer key)

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