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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Law.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Painting.

2. What limits Algren's popularity?
(a) His lack of connections.
(b) His distinct odor.
(c) His foul personality.
(d) A penchant for truth.

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

4. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?
(a) Fordham.
(b) Columbia.
(c) SUNY Purchase.
(d) NYU.

5. What is the date of Vonnegut's requiem's premier?
(a) October 13, 1998.
(b) March 13, 1998.
(c) October 13, 1988.
(d) March 13, 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut create during his summers at Lake Maxincuckee in southern Indiana?

2. In what year does the author's father die?

3. 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?

4. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?

5. Why can Vonnegut not get married at an Episcopalian church?

(see the answer key)

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