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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Cancer.

2. How are Vonnegut and Elie Wiesel the same?
(a) They both have pet dogs.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are both Jewish.
(d) They share a German surname.

3. Vonnegut laments that people can say atrocious things in public, but he is charged with encouraging what?
(a) violence against women and kiddy porn.
(b) vulgar language.
(c) violence against ethnic minorities.
(d) violent protests.

4. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?
(a) They constantly ask for approval from critics, curators, and collectors.
(b) They like to receive criticism from third parties.
(c) They are happiest when they do not have to worry about other's opinions.
(d) They love to create work for collectors.

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

6. In Fates Worse Than Death, humorist Kurt Vonnegut examines the blindness of the American people to the hypocrisy of what administration?
(a) Reagan Administration.
(b) Smith Administration.
(c) Clinton Administration.
(d) Carter Administration.

7. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?
(a) Printmaking.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Painting.

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

9. To what does Vonnegut compare censorship's always being on the rise, around, and undiagnosed?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Alzheimer's.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) AIDS.

10. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Depression.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

11. Vonnegut defends what freedom?
(a) Freedom of religion.
(b) Freedom of assembly.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Freedom of the press.

12. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) His writing.
(c) World War I.
(d) His cats.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?

2. What do the free speech provisions of the First Amendment make Vonnegut want to do?

3. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?

4. What is the date of Vonnegut's requiem's premier?

5. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?

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