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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut believe is declining but could return?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Corporal punishment.
(d) Racism.

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?
(a) The Attorney General's Commission Civil Rights.
(b) The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography.
(c) The Attorney General's Commission on Gun Control.
(d) The Attorney General's Commission on Religious Freedom.

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

5. What date lives forever in infamy for Vonnegut?
(a) the day of his mother's suicide.
(b) O'Hare's death.
(c) His sister's birth.
(d) The day he is first married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?

2. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?

3. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?

4. This book is the sequel to what other book?

5. What does Vonnegut believe it is time to hear?

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