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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Porky Pig.

2. Vonnegut believes MIT can set an example by adapting what to its undertakings?
(a) Oedipus Complex.
(b) The Third Time Step.
(c) The Vonnegut Theory.
(d) The Hippocratic Oath.

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

4. What does Vonnegut tell 1990 graduates of the University of Rhode Island?
(a) They should enjoy this day, because real life begins tomorrow.
(b) Colleges should spread the important stuff over four years, instead of saving it all up for the very end.
(c) College is a waste of time, and they should make the world their university.
(d) He wishes he could have been a graduate of the University of Rhode Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the U.S. allow for 100 years before diagnosing it as a social disease and fighting it?

2. After high school what does Jill make Manhattan and the world?

3. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?

4. He says his father is a rarity among Hoosiers. What other fantasy creature does the author compare his father to?

5. What date lives forever in infamy for Vonnegut?

(see the answer key)

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