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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut uses examinations of history, literature, psychology and what else to move his story forward?
(a) art.
(b) fashion.
(c) automobiles.
(d) dance.

2. 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.

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?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Writing.
(c) Law.
(d) Painting.

4. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?
(a) Mental illness is caused by the sufferer's environment.
(b) Mental illness is chemically based.
(c) A cold is the main cause of mental illness.
(d) Early trauma causes mental illness.

5. Vonnegut is the third person in his family to have a one-person show and the second to put in time in a "laughing academy." What is he the first to do?
(a) Have an unhappy marriage.
(b) Write.
(c) Divorce and remarry.
(d) Create art.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Vonnegut's unfinished book depicting a doctor using talk therapy at Auschwitz to treat staff members' depression?

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

4. Why does the general at the ROTC inspection write down Vonnegut's name, which seems to lead to Vonnegut never rising above Private First Class?

5. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?

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