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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut believe is declining but could return?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Corporal punishment.
(c) Racism.
(d) Sexism.

3. How do jokes work?
(a) By hooking and releasing the listener, causing the release of fight-or-flight chemicals through laughter.
(b) Jokes connect the listener to other listeners.
(c) Comedians and the audienceshare a funny moment.
(d) The comedian tells the audience something funny about society that seems outrageous but is true.

4. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?
(a) Law.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Painting.

5. 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 art, music, and dance, not culture.
(d) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The "Religious Revival" Vonnegut describes has two commandments. What are they?

3. Vonnegut compares the young people he addresses to what character in Camelot?

4. 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?

5. How does Rita Rait become the winner of a limerick contest?

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