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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Jill attends private school and vacations with the rich as a child, how does she provide for herself as a grown woman?
(a) Teaching English.
(b) Marrying a wealthy man.
(c) Her photography and children's books.
(d) Running her own restaurant.

2. What ethnic groups does the Attorney General's Commission label as "terrorists" whenever possible?
(a) Israelis.
(b) Afghanis.
(c) Iraqis.
(d) Palestinians.

3. Why does Vonnegut become cranky when hearing his requiem performed?
(a) The choir mispronounces the lyrics.
(b) The synthesizer music is not loud enough.
(c) The choir director conducts too quickly.
(d) The synthesizer music overpowers the lyrics.

4. What Joseph Conrad novel depicts whites as highly evolved and others as monkeys without tails?
(a) Land of Darkness.
(b) Heart of Darkness.
(c) The Dark Continent.
(d) Deep in Darkness.

5. What tribal name do the Vonneguts give themselves?
(a) Aztec-girls.
(b) Epta mayan-boys.
(c) Black Feathers.
(d) Pottawatomie.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?

2. What is the definition of this society of which Dr. Robert Redfield speaks?

3. For what does the traditional requiem ask?

4. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?

5. What limits Algren's popularity?

(see the answer key)

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