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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 ethnic groups does the Attorney General's Commission label as "terrorists" whenever possible?
(a) Israelis.
(b) Afghanis.
(c) Iraqis.
(d) Palestinians.

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

3. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?
(a) Vonnegut's sister.
(b) Vonnegut's Uncle Alex.
(c) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
(d) Vonnegut's mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Vonnegut compare censorship's always being on the rise, around, and undiagnosed?

2. Who is nearing economic, legal, and social equality only in Vonnegut's lifetime?

3. Who is the model for Vonnegut's Bill Pilgrim in SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?

4. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?

5. Vonnegut believes that the goal in the U.S. is only to train intelligent, well-educated people to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. A unicorn, it is said, will lay its head in a maiden's lap if she sits in a forest clearing. Why is Vonnegut's sister, Alice, the maiden to Father's unicorn?

2. 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?

3. How has Hemingway grown dated?

4. What are four things Vonnegut and O'Hare have in common?

5. Describe Vonnegut's experiences at Lake Maxincuckee.

6. What is the Reverend's opinion on banning objectionable books?

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

8. Why does Vonnegut write his own mass?

9. What is Vonnegut's opinion of liberty?

10. Why does Father not enjoy working as an architect?

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