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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Vonnegut drawn to the text?
(a) The composer has made several grammatical mistakes in the English text.
(b) It is an English translation that, to Vonnegut, speaks of sadism and masochism.
(c) The English translation, to Vonnegut, is beautiful, and a work of genius.
(d) Vonnegut does would like to know the meaning of the Requiem, but does not understand Latin.

2. Why does Vonnegut become cranky when hearing his requiem performed?
(a) The synthesizer music overpowers the lyrics.
(b) The choir mispronounces the lyrics.
(c) The synthesizer music is not loud enough.
(d) The choir director conducts too quickly.

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

4. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?
(a) Hydrochloric acid.
(b) Carbon dioxide.
(c) Hydrogen dioxide.
(d) Hydrofluoric acid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What choir performs Vonnegut's requiem?

2. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

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

4. Vonnegut believes that the goal in the U.S. is only to train intelligent, well-educated people to do what?

5. What happens to Algren that keeps Vonnegut from asking if Rushdie may join them at his party?

(see the answer key)

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