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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will bust up all cultures and create a Third-World planet?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Colonialism.

2. What do many of Vonnegut's books, including this one, not include?
(a) Social groups.
(b) Fantasy creatures.
(c) Mammals.
(d) Individual human beings.

3. What pictures would Vonnegut hang if he were president of MIT?
(a) Bob Fosse's Sally Bowles.
(b) Pictures of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein" monster.
(c) JK Rowling's Harry Potter.
(d) Robert Lewis Stevenson's Edward Hyde.

4. Why does Rait believe she can say whatever she pleases in English?
(a) She likes speaking in English.
(b) She is very opinionated.
(c) She believes that what she has to say is important.
(d) She is a non-native speaker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?

2. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?

3. In THE NATION what does Vonnegut claim is the U.S.'s most nurturing contribution to planetary culture?

4. What does Vonnegut believe it is time to hear?

5. Vonnegut is enthusiastic about Pollock's work, but what does he feel is missing from Pollock's paintings?

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