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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?
(a) They do not believe that one can recover from bipolar disorder.
(b) Mark seems sad.
(c) They do not believe that one can recover from schizophrenia.
(d) Mark has all the symptoms of someone who is depressed.

2. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?
(a) They do not trust Vonnegut.
(b) They think she is too young to marry.
(c) They worry about her getting mixed up with Germans.
(d) They think she is not healthy enough to marry.

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

4. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?
(a) He has never had a female friend.
(b) His wife is thoughtful and caring.
(c) His daughter is very critical of him.
(d) His wife says hateful, horrible things to him late at night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?

2. What happens to all writers?

3. What does Vonnegut assert is often Hemingway's male characters' greatest reward?

4. 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?

5. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?

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