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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut compares the young people he addresses to what character in Camelot?
(a) Sir Lancelot.
(b) St. Genevieve.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Spamalot.

2. The gestation period of 'possums is twelve days and Indian elephants twenty-two months. What does the author believe is the gestation period for American liberty?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?
(a) They are hoping to avoid repelling prospective in-laws.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They are saddened by her illness and death.
(d) They are in denial.

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

5. The Attorney General's Commission compares anything that sounds like the Sermon on the Mount to what?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Marxism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

2. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?

3. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?

4. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?

5. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.

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