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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Write.
(b) Have an unhappy marriage.
(c) Divorce and remarry.
(d) Create art.

2. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?
(a) Dr. Seuss.
(b) Michael Crichton.
(c) J.K. Rowling.
(d) Dr. Dre.

3. Who is the composer of the new requiem setting?
(a) Celine Dion.
(b) Robert Samels.
(c) Josh Groban.
(d) Andrew Lloyd Webber.

4. Requiem masses are customarily sung in what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?

2. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?

3. 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?

4. Why is Vonnegut good with guns?

5. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?

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