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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 will bust up all cultures and create a Third-World planet?
(a) Communism.
(b) Colonialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Socialism.
2. How does Rita Rait become the winner of a limerick contest?
(a) She wins the prize left by an eccentric British millionaire for the wittiest original limerick.
(b) She is married to the judge.
(c) She creates a competition and enters her own work.
(d) She is the best limerick writer in Russia.
3. What does Vonnegut require of translators?
(a) They must do as he says.
(b) They must be more gifted writers than he and speak at least two languages, including his.
(c) They must ask him many questions about his work.
(d) They must speak Italian, English, as well as another language.
4. Who sponsors Vonnegut's 1990 trip to Mozambique?
(a) World Vision.
(b) Audobon Society.
(c) CARE.
(d) FREEDOM.
5. With whom does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique?
(a) John Yale.
(b) Bill Pilgrim.
(c) Jill Krementz.
(d) Mark Vonnegut.
Short Answer Questions
1. What tough question does Vonnegut's book "Player Piano" ask?
2. From what event can ordinary humans not learn how much pain and humiliation to endure before calling an end to everything?
3. What is the name of the Bishop Vonnegut travels with to the Galapagos?
4. What does Vonnegut never think he owes to himself or the world?
5. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?
Short Essay Questions
1. What terrible thing happens to sufferers of "Folk Society Deficiency," or FSD? Give an example.
2. How has Vonnegut's belief in the cause of mental illness changed since the beginning of the book? Why?
3. Why does Vonnegut believe Colonialism will bust up all cultures and create a Third World planet?
4. What are some examples of humorists who have lost their humor after a certain age? How has their humor been lost?
5. How is RENAMO destroying the beautiful country of Mozambique?
6. What is the Folk Society?
7. What are two reasons Vonnegut is skeptical of Christianity?
8. What is Vonnegut's opinion on war?
9. How is Vonnegut different from other authors mentioned in this chapter?
10. Why is the Italian translator, Roberta Rambelli, Vonnegut's favorite?
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