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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?
(a) The "villains" are drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
(b) The "villains" are drugs, theft, and rape, not society.
(c) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.
(d) The "villains" are art, music, and dance, not culture.

2. Who is Vonnegut's favorite translator, with whom he falls in platonic love?
(a) Rachel Ray.
(b) Ramon Ramone.
(c) Roberta Rambelli.
(d) Rita Rait.

3. What organization prevents Mozambicans from learning to read and write?
(a) World Vision.
(b) WHO.
(c) RENAMO.
(d) CARE.

4. To what does Vonnegut compare Bush's presidential campaign?
(a) Perfect example of democracy.
(b) Pornographic sleaze.
(c) East Germany propaganda.
(d) Nazi propaganda.

5. Vonnegut believes MIT can set an example by adapting what to its undertakings?
(a) The Vonnegut Theory.
(b) Oedipus Complex.
(c) The Hippocratic Oath.
(d) The Third Time Step.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Vonnegut an advocate for translators?

2. In what year does the author's father die?

3. Why are certain words in Rait's limerick replaced with the sound "dah" when recited on the BBC?

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

5. Requiem masses are customarily sung in what language?

(see the answer key)

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