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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Reverend finds "Slaughterhouse Five", as well as "Deliverance" and "Catcher in the Rye," falling short in what way?
(a) In Buddhist doctrines.
(b) In engaging society in healthy practices.
(c) In Christian behavior and attitudes.
(d) In promoting his religious quest.

3. What happens to Algren that keeps Vonnegut from asking if Rushdie may join them at his party?
(a) He does not answer the phone.
(b) He is already at the party.
(c) He is dead of a heart attack.
(d) He is not at home.

4. Why is Vonnegut drawn to the text?
(a) Vonnegut does would like to know the meaning of the Requiem, but does not understand Latin.
(b) It is an English translation that, to Vonnegut, speaks of sadism and masochism.
(c) The English translation, to Vonnegut, is beautiful, and a work of genius.
(d) The composer has made several grammatical mistakes in the English text.

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

6. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?
(a) Their hearts.
(b) Their weights.
(c) Their appetites.
(d) Casualties.

7. What limits Algren's popularity?
(a) His foul personality.
(b) His distinct odor.
(c) A penchant for truth.
(d) His lack of connections.

8. What is the name of Vonnegut's unfinished book depicting a doctor using talk therapy at Auschwitz to treat staff members' depression?
(a) SS Psychiatrist.
(b) SS Therapist.
(c) SS Auschwitz.
(d) SS Indianapolis.

9. What does the U.S. allow for 100 years before diagnosing it as a social disease and fighting it?
(a) Depression.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Slavery.

10. Vonnegut uses examinations of history, literature, psychology and what else to move his story forward?
(a) fashion.
(b) automobiles.
(c) dance.
(d) art.

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

12. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?
(a) Pope Pius V.
(b) Leonardo da Vinci.
(c) Pope John II.
(d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

13. What happens to all writers?
(a) They become more famous with age.
(b) Their stories grow more optimistic with each passing year.
(c) They grow dated.
(d) They grow to be better writers.

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

15. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?
(a) A brownstone apartment
(b) A camping tent.
(c) An unheated frame cottage on a bluff.
(d) A large cabin in the valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?

2. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?

3. 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?

4. What does Vonnegut believe is the United State's only true art form prior to Jackson Pollock's work?

5. Why does the general at the ROTC inspection write down Vonnegut's name, which seems to lead to Vonnegut never rising above Private First Class?

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