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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. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) World War I.
(c) September 11, 2001.
(d) The Civil War.

2. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?
(a) J.K. Rowling.
(b) Dr. Seuss.
(c) Michael Crichton.
(d) Dr. Dre.

3. In Fates Worse Than Death, humorist Kurt Vonnegut examines the blindness of the American people to the hypocrisy of what administration?
(a) Carter Administration.
(b) Smith Administration.
(c) Reagan Administration.
(d) Clinton Administration.

4. What does Vonnegut's late grandfather, Bernard, whom Vonnegut never meets, scorn?
(a) His birthplace, Indianapolis.
(b) His high school, Warren Central.
(c) His grandchildren.
(d) His son, Kurt Vonnegut Sr..

5. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?
(a) SUNY Purchase.
(b) Columbia.
(c) NYU.
(d) Fordham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vonnegut's opinion of Charlton Heston's commercials advocating that civilians keep military weapons?

2. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?

3. Does Vonnegut believe that most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia?"

4. Where does Vonnegut first meet O'Hare?

5. What does the U.S. allow for 100 years before diagnosing it as a social disease and fighting it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Vonnegut's opinion of liberty?

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

4. What are two characteristics of Jackson Pollock's work?

5. What does FATES WORSE THAN DEATH by humorist Kurt Vonnegut contain?

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

7. A master's degree in anthropology has taught Vonnegut the "villains" are culture, society and history, not drugs. What proof does Vonnegut give of this belief?

8. Name one similarity and one difference between Jane and Vonnegut.

9. Describe the city of Dresden.

10. What examples does Vonnegut give to show that male bonding is important to men?

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