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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Vonnegut is the third person in his family to have a one-person show and the second to put in time in a "laughing academy." What is he the first to do?
(a) Divorce and remarry.
(b) Write.
(c) Have an unhappy marriage.
(d) Create art.

3. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?
(a) They both paint.
(b) They are both of German descent.
(c) They are both writers.
(d) They love New York City.

4. What university do Vonnegut's grandfather, father, uncle, and brother attend?
(a) IUPUI.
(b) Harvard.
(c) MIT.
(d) Yale.

5. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?
(a) Fordham.
(b) SUNY Purchase.
(c) NYU.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?

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

3. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?

4. The Reverend finds "Slaughterhouse Five", as well as "Deliverance" and "Catcher in the Rye," falling short in what way?

5. To what does Vonnegut compare the lyrics of the new requiem setting?

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