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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What art form does Kurt Vonnegut Sr. take up after he retires?
(a) Printmaking.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Painting .

2. He says his father is a rarity among Hoosiers. What other fantasy creature does the author compare his father to?
(a) Dragon.
(b) Unicorn.
(c) Griffin.
(d) Pegasus.

3. 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 slowly and carefully.
(c) Speak rudely and arrogantly.
(d) Speak stupidly and gain popularity.

4. What choir performs Vonnegut's requiem?
(a) Universalist Unitarian choir.
(b) Hindu choir.
(c) United Methodist choir.
(d) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

5. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) Pope John II.
(c) Pope Pius V.
(d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?

2. This book is the sequel to what other book?

3. What does Vonnegut's late grandfather, Bernard, whom Vonnegut never meets, scorn?

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

5. The Vonnegut family expects its family members to go out east to college. Where does the author's dad, Kurt Vonnegut Sr., go to college?

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