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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Porky Pig.
(d) Cinderella.

2. Vonnegut believes that the goal in the U.S. is only to train intelligent, well-educated people to do what?
(a) Speak cautiously and quietly.
(b) Speak rudely and arrogantly.
(c) Speak stupidly and gain popularity.
(d) Speak slowly and carefully.

3. Kurt Vonnegut Sr. is respected and loved as a founder of what museum?
(a) The Children's Museum.
(b) The Indianapolis Museum of Art.
(c) The Museum of Natural History.
(d) The Indianapolis 500 Museum.

4. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?
(a) Photo Realism.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Post Modernism.
(d) Abstract Expressionism.

5. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?
(a) Her addiction to cocaine.
(b) Alcohol and prescribed barbituates.
(c) Her mean husband.
(d) A traumatic experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?

2. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

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

4. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?

5. 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?

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