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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) September 11, 2001.

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

3. Why does Vonnegut miss his 50th high school reunion?
(a) He forgets the date of his reunion.
(b) He contracts Lyme disease.
(c) He catches pneumonia.
(d) His plane is delayed.

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

5. The gestation period of 'possums is twelve days and Indian elephants twenty-two months. What does the author believe is the gestation period for American liberty?
(a) 200 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fates Worse Than Death, humorist Kurt Vonnegut examines the blindness of the American people to the hypocrisy of what administration?

2. Why does the Spanish Civil War give Hemingway material rather than World War I?

3. What government authority has several of its members involved in financial or sexual atrocities, as well as advocating for civilians to be armed with assault rifles?

4. What happens to all writers?

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

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