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

2. What do the free speech provisions of the First Amendment make Vonnegut want to do?
(a) Cheer.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sing.
(d) Throw up.

3. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?
(a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(b) Leonardo da Vinci.
(c) Pope John II.
(d) Pope Pius V.

4. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?
(a) Collin P. Miller.
(b) John F. Collins.
(c) Thomas R. Collins.
(d) Collin F. Johnson.

5. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Painting.
(c) Printmaking.
(d) Sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?

2. Besides Indianapolis what other U.S. city is designed by the architect L'Enfant?

3. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

4. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?

5. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the city of Dresden.

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

3. How is Father's reaction to praise for his artwork different from his daughter's?

4. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters? Support your answer.

5. 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?

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

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

8. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the traditional requiem mass?

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

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

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