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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?
(a) Edith's.
(b) Alice's.
(c) Alex's.
(d) Kurt's.

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

4. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.
(a) Three-fourths.
(b) One-third.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One-half.

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) Divorce and remarry.
(c) Write.
(d) Create art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut create during his summers at Lake Maxincuckee in southern Indiana?

2. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?

3. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?

4. How does Vonnegut believe a writer's opinion about vocal third parties differs from that of a visual artist?

5. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

(see the answer key)

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