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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 does Vonnegut compare to an alcoholic stockbroker not wanting his head in a Port Authority Bus Terminal toilet?
(a) Third World Countries.
(b) Western Civilization builds weapons and convinces civilians to hate groups of humanity, but they do not want big wars.
(c) Mozambicans.
(d) Presidents Bush and Reagan.

2. With what magazine does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique in 1990 to write an article?
(a) US News and World Report.
(b) Parade.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) National Geographic.

3. How is Vonnegut an advocate for translators?
(a) He believes translators are more important than authors.
(b) He believes translators should be paid the same royalties as authors.
(c) He pays translators to write his books.
(d) He is a translator.

4. What is Mark's only crime against his government?
(a) Identity theft.
(b) Murder.
(c) Theft.
(d) Disrespect.

5. What does Vonnegut require of translators?
(a) They must do as he says.
(b) They must ask him many questions about his work.
(c) They must speak Italian, English, as well as another language.
(d) They must be more gifted writers than he and speak at least two languages, including his.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German-American movement did not survive?

2. What do many of Vonnegut's books, including this one, not include?

3. Vonnegut's 1990 article in the New York Times observes that American humorists/satirists grow to be what past a certain age?

4. How does Rita Rait become the winner of a limerick contest?

5. Vonnegut believes MIT can set an example by adapting what to its undertakings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Name two things Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future.

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

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

5. Why is the Italian translator, Roberta Rambelli, Vonnegut's favorite?

6. What have other cultures done to oppress Germans and those of German descent?

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

8. What is Vonnegut's opinion on war?

9. Do you think, based on the information given, Rita Rait enjoys winning the limerick contest? Why or why not?

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

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