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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?
(a) Edith's.
(b) Alex's.
(c) Alice's.
(d) Kurt's.

2. What does Vonnegut say happens to American literary history, that "generations" of writers are separated by less than twenty years?
(a) There are more writers.
(b) They are very young.
(c) They have been so foreshortened.
(d) There are more people being born.

3. After high school what does Jill make Manhattan and the world?
(a) Her university.
(b) A place to take amazing photographs.
(c) Places to avoid.
(d) Her new home.

4. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Leif Ericson.
(c) Franz Ferdinand.
(d) Marco Polo.

5. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Abstract Expressionism.
(c) Photo Realism.
(d) Post Modernism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vonnegut feel lucky to have been born in Indianapolis?

2. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?

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. Why can Vonnegut not get married at an Episcopalian church?

5. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Hemingway grown dated?

2. Why do the Vonneguts give themselves a Native American tribal name?

3. How are the Reverend and the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography the same?

4. What is one similarity and one difference between the author and Elie Wiesel?

5. What is a possible reason for Jane's English relatives not wanting her to marry a German?

6. How does Jill embody the Women's Liberation Movement? How does this attitude toward life make her a better person?

7. How can you tell Vonnegut does not value medals and awards?

8. How does Vonnegut's requiem mass differ from Andrew Lloyd Webber's?

9. How are the Reverend and the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography different?

10. What does Vonnegut say when his book is burned?

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