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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. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?
(a) As a tribute to his son, Mark.
(b) As a tribute to his father and grandfather.
(c) He loves architecture.
(d) He is an architect.

2. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?
(a) The "villains" are art, music, and dance, not culture.
(b) The "villains" are drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
(c) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.
(d) The "villains" are drugs, theft, and rape, not society.

3. What does the U.S. allow for 100 years before diagnosing it as a social disease and fighting it?
(a) Civil war.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Depression.
(d) Slavery.

4. What is the name of Vonnegut's unfinished book depicting a doctor using talk therapy at Auschwitz to treat staff members' depression?
(a) SS Indianapolis.
(b) SS Auschwitz.
(c) SS Therapist.
(d) SS Psychiatrist.

5. Who is the model for Vonnegut's Bill Pilgrim in SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?
(a) Bishop Moore.
(b) Jack Spratt.
(c) Jane Seymour.
(d) Joe Crone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kurt Vonnegut Sr. is respected and loved as a founder of what museum?

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

3. What does Vonnegut tell 1990 graduates of the University of Rhode Island?

4. The gestation period of 'possums is twelve days and Indian elephants twenty-two months. What does the author believe is the gestation period for American liberty?

5. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the city of Dresden.

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

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

7. What does Hemingway share with Vonnegut?

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

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

10. How has Hemingway grown dated?

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