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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut's late grandfather, Bernard, whom Vonnegut never meets, scorn?
(a) His son, Kurt Vonnegut Sr..
(b) His high school, Warren Central.
(c) His birthplace, Indianapolis.
(d) His grandchildren.

3. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?
(a) World War I.
(b) His writing.
(c) His cats.
(d) The Vietnam War.

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

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

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. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?

3. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?

4. What tribal name do the Vonneguts give themselves?

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

(see the answer key)

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