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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?
(a) Carbon dioxide.
(b) Hydrogen dioxide.
(c) Hydrofluoric acid.
(d) Hydrochloric acid.

2. In what year does the author's father die?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1857.

3. Why is Father desperate for uncritical female friendship?
(a) His wife says hateful, horrible things to him late at night.
(b) His daughter is very critical of him.
(c) He has never had a female friend.
(d) His wife is thoughtful and caring.

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

5. This book is the sequel to what other book?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) Friday the 13th.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Good Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?

2. What university do Vonnegut's grandfather, father, uncle, and brother attend?

3. What will bust up all cultures and create a Third-World planet?

4. Although Jill attends private school and vacations with the rich as a child, how does she provide for herself as a grown woman?

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

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