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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?
(a) Culver Lake where he is a lifeguard.
(b) Lake Maxincuckee where he swims with his siblings.
(c) Lake Michigan where he played in the sand.
(d) Geist Lake where he went boating.

2. 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 plays a practical joke.
(c) Vonnegut argues with the general.
(d) Vonnegut arrives late to the inspection.

3. Why can Vonnegut not get married at an Episcopalian church?
(a) Vonnegut already has children.
(b) Vonnegut is divorced.
(c) He is not a Christian.
(d) His wife is not Episcopalian.

4. Why does the Spanish Civil War give Hemingway material rather than World War I?
(a) Americans are too upset by World War I.
(b) The U.S. enters World War I too late to have war stories.
(c) The Spanish Civial War has more exciting battles than World War I.
(d) Hemingway knows more about the Spanish Civil War than World War I.

5. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?
(a) Jackson Pollock.
(b) George Segal.
(c) Keith Haring.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vonnegut describe Reagan's and Bush's war experiences?

2. What limits Algren's popularity?

3. What date lives forever in infamy for Vonnegut?

4. According to the Attorney General's Commission, what is worth its expensive price tag?

5. Besides Indianapolis what other U.S. city is designed by the architect L'Enfant?

(see the answer key)

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