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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vonnegut first meet O'Hare?
(a) Camp Atterbury.
(b) High school.
(c) College.
(d) Camp Harrison.

2. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?
(a) They think she is not healthy enough to marry.
(b) They worry about her getting mixed up with Germans.
(c) They think she is too young to marry.
(d) They do not trust Vonnegut.

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

4. Vonnegut is enthusiastic about Pollock's work, but what does he feel is missing from Pollock's paintings?
(a) A horizon.
(b) Human figures.
(c) Organization.
(d) Color.

5. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?
(a) He is an Anglo-Saxon.
(b) He is not as intelligent as others in Cape Cod.
(c) He is not as wealthy as other in Cape Cod.
(d) He is a non-Anglo-Saxon.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Vonnegut compare to an alcoholic stockbroker not wanting his head in a Port Authority Bus Terminal toilet?

3. What do many of Vonnegut's books, including this one, not include?

4. The Vonnegut family expects its family members to go out east to college. Where does the author's dad, Kurt Vonnegut Sr., go to college?

5. Of what consisting of upper and lower houses is Hemingway a member?

(see the answer key)

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