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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?
(a) A brownstone apartment
(b) An unheated frame cottage on a bluff.
(c) A large cabin in the valley.
(d) A camping tent.

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

3. Of what consisting of upper and lower houses is Hemingway a member?
(a) The American Writers Academy.
(b) The American Actors and Writers Equity.
(c) The American Association of Writers of Historical Fiction.
(d) The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

4. What tribal name do the Vonneguts give themselves?
(a) Black Feathers.
(b) Aztec-girls.
(c) Pottawatomie.
(d) Epta mayan-boys.

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) Create art.
(d) Write.

Short Answer Questions

1. What art form does Kurt Vonnegut Sr. take up after he retires?

2. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

3. What happens to all writers?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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