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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Nancy Andreassen finds that people in what profession tend to be depressive or come from depressive families more often than in the general public?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Writing.
(d) Painting.

2. Does Vonnegut believe that most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia?"
(a) Not unless they are recruited, led, motivated, or restrained by anything but their own perceptions.
(b) Most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia."
(c) Only those civilians who pass a test should be considered part of a militia.
(d) Only men can be part of a militia.

3. The "Religious Revival" Vonnegut describes has two commandments. What are they?
(a) Stop thinking and obey.
(b) Be free and live in peace.
(c) Have no other god but me and other thy father and they mother.
(d) Divide and conquer.

4. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.
(a) Three-fourths.
(b) One-half.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One-third.

5. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?
(a) Their childhood home.
(b) The lake house.
(c) A condominium in New York City.
(d) A publishing house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sponsors Vonnegut's 1990 trip to Mozambique?

2. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?

3. Jane gives birth to how many children?

4. What does Dr. Robert Redfield insist every society passes through?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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