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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Divorce and remarry.
(b) Write.
(c) Have an unhappy marriage.
(d) Create art.

2. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?
(a) Lake Maxincuckee where he swims with his siblings.
(b) Geist Lake where he went boating.
(c) Lake Michigan where he played in the sand.
(d) Culver Lake where he is a lifeguard.

3. Why is Algren bitter over his masterpiece, The Man with the Golden Arm?
(a) He receives very little for his masterpiece.
(b) He fears he will not be able to create another masterpiece.
(c) He does not think it is a masterpiece.
(d) He does not like the how it ends.

4. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) September 11, 2001.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War I.

5. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?
(a) Limiting waste.
(b) Working towards a peacable agreement.
(c) Conserving energy.
(d) Nothing.

6. How do the author and Jill meet?
(a) At a production of a Vonnegut play.
(b) At a baseball game.
(c) At a movie premiere.
(d) At an art gallery.

7. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Dame Edna.
(c) Edgar Grana.
(d) Edgar Degas.

8. Where does Vonnegut first meet O'Hare?
(a) High school.
(b) College.
(c) Camp Harrison.
(d) Camp Atterbury.

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

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

11. What is one thing Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future?
(a) Future generations need to use more petroleum for fuel.
(b) Countries in the future should stop communicating with one another.
(c) Today's rulers need to stop thinking science can fix anything for $1 trillion.
(d) Leaders of the future should fix the environment issues through scientific discoveries.

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

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

14. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?
(a) They think she is not healthy enough to marry.
(b) They do not trust Vonnegut.
(c) They worry about her getting mixed up with Germans.
(d) They think she is too young to marry.

15. Of what consisting of upper and lower houses is Hemingway a member?
(a) The American Association of Writers of Historical Fiction.
(b) The American Writers Academy.
(c) The American Actors and Writers Equity.
(d) The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut assert is often Hemingway's male characters' greatest reward?

3. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.

4. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?

5. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?

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