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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the infant that the Vonneguts adopt?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Rose.
(c) Lily.
(d) Leslie.

2. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They both have pet dogs.
(c) They share a German surname.
(d) They are both Jewish.

3. Does Vonnegut believe that most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia?"
(a) Most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia."
(b) Only men can be part of a militia.
(c) Only those civilians who pass a test should be considered part of a militia.
(d) Not unless they are recruited, led, motivated, or restrained by anything but their own perceptions.

4. What is the name of Vonnegut's unfinished book depicting a doctor using talk therapy at Auschwitz to treat staff members' depression?
(a) SS Therapist.
(b) SS Psychiatrist.
(c) SS Indianapolis.
(d) SS Auschwitz.

5. According to the Attorney General's Commission, what is worth its expensive price tag?
(a) billion-dollar condominiums.
(b) billion-dollar airplanes.
(c) billion-dollar financial institutions.
(d) billion-dollar NASA spacecraft.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Vonnegut's sarcasm referring to when he mentions scales falling from his eyes?

3. Why does Vonnegut feel lucky to have been born in Indianapolis?

4. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?

5. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?

(see the answer key)

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