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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 pictures would Vonnegut hang if he were president of MIT?
(a) Robert Lewis Stevenson's Edward Hyde.
(b) JK Rowling's Harry Potter.
(c) Pictures of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein" monster.
(d) Bob Fosse's Sally Bowles.

2. Why are ex-hippies ashamed to belong to their social class?
(a) The social class is so pandered to by the administration that its young do not have to go and do not want to go to war.
(b) They wish they had participated in the Vietnam War.
(c) They despise Vietnam vets.
(d) They are embarrassed by their actions in the 1960s.

3. Those with addiction eventually hit rock bottom. Vonnegut believes Western Civilization hit rock bottom in World War I. Unlike those with addictions who admit that their addiction is ruining their lives, how does Western Civilization react to hitting rock bottom?
(a) It reacts in a similar way to those who are addicted.
(b) It realizes that its addiction is affecting human life, but it does not care.
(c) It continues to be ignorant of the disease and continues to allow those who are sick to be kept in positions of power.
(d) It buys more electronic devices to distract itself.

4. Where does Vonnegut meet his first wife?
(a) The symphony.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) An automobile race.

5. How does Mark feel about the 1960s?
(a) They are not spaced-out, flaky, or self-absorbed times as depicted in movies.
(b) Mark does not remember the 1960s.
(c) They are just as spaced-out, flaky, and self-absorbed times as depicted in movies.
(d) They are even more spaced-out, flaky, ,and self-absorbed times than depicted in movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading William Styron's DARKNESS VISIBLE how does Vonnegut classify those that are suicidal?

2. Why are certain words in Rait's limerick replaced with the sound "dah" when recited on the BBC?

3. What does Vonnegut believe most ancient writings, including the Bible, do?

4. Vonnegut compares the young people he addresses to what character in Camelot?

5. What is the definition of this society of which Dr. Robert Redfield speaks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the MIT graduates applaud politely but not take Vonnegut seriously?

2. How are ex-hippies more scarred than Vietnam veterans?

3. How is Vonnegut different from other authors mentioned in this chapter?

4. How is RENAMO destroying the beautiful country of Mozambique?

5. Why does Vonnegut believe Alcoholics Anonymous is the U.S.'s most nurturing contribution to planetary culture?

6. What does Vonnegut mean when he tells the MIT graduates that they have the power to turn loose or reign in enormous forces?

7. Although the subtitle of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE is "The Children's Crusade," what are the average ages mentioned of those who died in war?

8. How does Jane Cox deal with her loneliness when her children are grown and move out?

9. What does the "Kilimanjaro Device" give as an alternative to Hemingway's shooting himself in the head?

10. How has Vonnegut's belief in the cause of mental illness changed since the beginning of the book? Why?

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