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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the definition for Schizophrenia has been tightened, how is Mark now classified?
(a) Manic-depressive.
(b) Mentally retarded.
(c) Schizophrenic.
(d) Suicidal.

2. Why are certain words in Rait's limerick replaced with the sound "dah" when recited on the BBC?
(a) Rait made this adjustment to her limerick.
(b) This sound replaces dirty language.
(c) It sounds funny.
(d) The limerick is too long.

3. Sufferers of what deficiency seek to become members of a crazy artificial extended family?
(a) Vitamin B Deficiency.
(b) Gluten Deficiency.
(c) Auto-Immune Deficiency.
(d) Folk Society Deficiency.

4. What does Vonnegut never think he owes to himself or the world?
(a) To forgive his mother.
(b) To return to writing.
(c) To write a book about Jackson Pollock.
(d) To become a litigator.

5. What pictures would Vonnegut hang if he were president of MIT?
(a) JK Rowling's Harry Potter.
(b) Bob Fosse's Sally Bowles.
(c) Pictures of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein" monster.
(d) Robert Lewis Stevenson's Edward Hyde.

6. What German-American movement did not survive?
(a) The Deutchland movement.
(b) The German-American Freethinker movement.
(c) The German-American Quaker movement.
(d) The Pennsylvania Dutch movement.

7. What is the definition of this society of which Dr. Robert Redfield speaks?
(a) It is an organization that encourages country living.
(b) It is isolated geographically and members agree on what life is about and behave uniformly.
(c) It is a wide-spread belief in diversity and acceptance of others.
(d) It is an organization that teaches folk dances of various cultures.

8. What is Mark's only crime against his government?
(a) Theft.
(b) Murder.
(c) Disrespect.
(d) Identity theft.

9. Why does Rait believe she can say whatever she pleases in English?
(a) She is very opinionated.
(b) She believes that what she has to say is important.
(c) She likes speaking in English.
(d) She is a non-native speaker.

10. Vonnegut believes MIT can set an example by adapting what to its undertakings?
(a) The Third Time Step.
(b) Oedipus Complex.
(c) The Vonnegut Theory.
(d) The Hippocratic Oath.

11. Why are Vonnegut's jokes not funny?
(a) He is skilled at letting readers off the hook.
(b) He lacks a way to let readers off the hook.
(c) His jokes are immature and childish.
(d) He never attempts to tell jokes.

12. What does Vonnegut believe most ancient writings, including the Bible, do?
(a) Moralize.
(b) Mystify.
(c) Demonize.
(d) Degrade.

13. How is Vonnegut an advocate for translators?
(a) He pays translators to write his books.
(b) He is a translator.
(c) He believes translators should be paid the same royalties as authors.
(d) He believes translators are more important than authors.

14. Those with addiction eventually hit rock bottom. Vonnegut believes Western Civilization hit rock bottom in World War I. Unlike those with addictions who admit that their addiction is ruining their lives, how does Western Civilization react to hitting rock bottom?
(a) It buys more electronic devices to distract itself.
(b) It reacts in a similar way to those who are addicted.
(c) It realizes that its addiction is affecting human life, but it does not care.
(d) It continues to be ignorant of the disease and continues to allow those who are sick to be kept in positions of power.

15. How many Americans are of German descent?
(a) One in one hundred.
(b) One in three.
(c) One in four.
(d) One half.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading William Styron's DARKNESS VISIBLE how does Vonnegut classify those that are suicidal?

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

3. To what does Vonnegut compare Bush's presidential campaign?

4. How do jokes work?

5. What does Vonnegut dream the world will be like in 1,000 years?

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