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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?
(a) A stranger.
(b) His friend O'Hare.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His sister.

2. From what event can ordinary humans not learn how much pain and humiliation to endure before calling an end to everything?
(a) Romans throwing the Christians to the lions.
(b) Sending the Tibetans into exhile.
(c) Holocaust.
(d) Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

3. Why does the general at the ROTC inspection write down Vonnegut's name, which seems to lead to Vonnegut never rising above Private First Class?
(a) The general thinks Vonnegut is not a good soldier.
(b) Vonnegut argues with the general.
(c) Vonnegut plays a practical joke.
(d) Vonnegut arrives late to the inspection.

4. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?
(a) They love New York City.
(b) They are both of German descent.
(c) They are both writers.
(d) They both paint.

5. What does Pollock use to control his hands when he paints?
(a) A painter's machine.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Ideas from critics.
(d) Early sketches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?

2. How do the MIT students react to Vonnegut's speech?

3. Sufferers of what deficiency seek to become members of a crazy artificial extended family?

4. Why is Vonnegut good with guns?

5. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?

(see the answer key)

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