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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?
(a) Collin P. Miller.
(b) John F. Collins.
(c) Thomas R. Collins.
(d) Collin F. Johnson.

2. What is Vonnegut's sarcasm referring to when he mentions scales falling from his eyes?
(a) His sarcasm refers to a remark he makes about gun control.
(b) His sarcasm refer to the remark he makes about suppressing harmful words and images on his own.
(c) His sarcasm refers to a remark he makes about needing the government's aid in suppressing harmful words and images.
(d) His sarcasm refers to a remark he makes about the Second Amendment.

3. Why can Vonnegut not get married at an Episcopalian church?
(a) He is not a Christian.
(b) His wife is not Episcopalian.
(c) Vonnegut is divorced.
(d) Vonnegut already has children.

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

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

6. Why does Vonnegut miss his 50th high school reunion?
(a) He forgets the date of his reunion.
(b) He contracts Lyme disease.
(c) He catches pneumonia.
(d) His plane is delayed.

7. Kurt Vonnegut Sr. is respected and loved as a founder of what museum?
(a) The Museum of Natural History.
(b) The Indianapolis Museum of Art.
(c) The Children's Museum.
(d) The Indianapolis 500 Museum.

8. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?
(a) As a tribute to his son, Mark.
(b) As a tribute to his father and grandfather.
(c) He is an architect.
(d) He loves architecture.

9. What government authority has several of its members involved in financial or sexual atrocities, as well as advocating for civilians to be armed with assault rifles?
(a) The Attorney General's Commission on Religious Freedom.
(b) The Attorney General's Commission Civil Rights.
(c) The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography.
(d) The Attorney General's Commission on Gun Control.

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

11. What is the name of the infant that the Vonneguts adopt?
(a) Lily.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Rose.
(d) Leslie.

12. What does the Reverend oppose?
(a) The demi-god given right to consider any idea one wants.
(b) stemcell research.
(c) Using fertility drugs to become pregnant.
(d) Divorce.

13. When does Vonnegut get sick?
(a) When it is useful to him.
(b) When he does not get enough sleep.
(c) In the spring.
(d) In the fall.

14. What practical joke does Vonnegut play at an ROTC inspection?
(a) He wears a Boy Scout uniform.
(b) He tells knock knock jokes.
(c) He dresses like a clown.
(d) He wears every sort of medal he can find.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?

2. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?

3. Vonnegut uses examinations of history, literature, psychology and what else to move his story forward?

4. How do the author and Jill meet?

5. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?

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