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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) AIDS.

2. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?
(a) The "villains" are drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
(b) The "villains" are drugs, theft, and rape, not society.
(c) The "villains" are art, music, and dance, not culture.
(d) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.

3. What does Pollock use to control his hands when he paints?
(a) Ideas from critics.
(b) Intuition.
(c) A painter's machine.
(d) Early sketches.

4. Why does the general at the ROTC inspection write down Vonnegut's name, which seems to lead to Vonnegut never rising above Private First Class?
(a) Vonnegut argues with the general.
(b) The general thinks Vonnegut is not a good soldier.
(c) Vonnegut arrives late to the inspection.
(d) Vonnegut plays a practical joke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

2. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?

3. For what does the traditional requiem ask?

4. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?

5. Who is the composer of the new requiem setting?

(see the answer key)

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