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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?
(a) Her addiction to cocaine.
(b) A traumatic experience.
(c) Alcohol and prescribed barbituates.
(d) Her mean husband.

3. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?
(a) Mental illness is chemically based.
(b) Early trauma causes mental illness.
(c) A cold is the main cause of mental illness.
(d) Mental illness is caused by the sufferer's environment.

4. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?
(a) Thomas R. Collins.
(b) John F. Collins.
(c) Collin P. Miller.
(d) Collin F. Johnson.

5. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?
(a) Vonnegut's mother.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
(c) Vonnegut's Uncle Alex.
(d) Vonnegut's sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Vonnegut good with guns?

3. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?

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

5. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?

(see the answer key)

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