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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. What art form does Kurt Vonnegut Sr. take up after he retires?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Painting .
(d) Printmaking.

2. Although Jill attends private school and vacations with the rich as a child, how does she provide for herself as a grown woman?
(a) Running her own restaurant.
(b) Teaching English.
(c) Marrying a wealthy man.
(d) Her photography and children's books.

3. The Reverend wants which amendment to conform to his version of Christianity?
(a) The Second Amendment.
(b) The Twenty-First Amendment.
(c) The First Amendment.
(d) The Twenty-Seventh Amendment.

4. 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?
(a) The general thinks Vonnegut is not a good soldier.
(b) Vonnegut arrives late to the inspection.
(c) Vonnegut plays a practical joke.
(d) Vonnegut argues with the general.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?

2. Vonnegut defends what freedom?

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

4. How do the author and Jill meet?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the First Amendment?

2. Why does Vonnegut say the NRA is incorrect in its use of Article II of the Bill of Rights?

3. Vonnegut says children relate to the Universe as a one-on-one playmate. What profession does the same? When would members of this profession no longer play this way?

4. What are two things Vonnegut does not like about President Bush?

5. Describe the city of Dresden.

6. Why does Vonnegut write his own mass?

7. Of what significant Indianapolis building is Father the founder? Why is he bitter over the additions made on this building?

8. What does Hemingway share with Vonnegut?

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

10. Although Jill Krementz attends private schools and vacations with the rich as a child, how does she support herself as an adult?

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