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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 Dr. Robert Redfield insist every society passes through?
(a) The "Marxist Society" stage.
(b) The "Folk Society" stage.
(c) The "Modern Society" stage.
(d) The "Fauvist Society" stage.

2. Why are Germans frightening?
(a) They like to fight those from other cultures.
(b) They like to fight other white people.
(c) They do not like Jews.
(d) They murder thousands during World War II.

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

4. How do the MIT students react to Vonnegut's speech?
(a) They applaud politely but do not take him seriously.
(b) They are appalled by his speech.
(c) They cheer enthusiastically.
(d) They are convinced and accept his challenge.

5. What does Vonnegut never think he owes to himself or the world?
(a) To write a book about Jackson Pollock.
(b) To return to writing.
(c) To forgive his mother.
(d) To become a litigator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Freethinkers behave?

2. Who is Vonnegut's favorite translator, with whom he falls in platonic love?

3. Sufferers of what deficiency seek to become members of a crazy artificial extended family?

4. What pictures would Vonnegut hang if he were president of MIT?

5. Who does the author have die glamorously in an airplane crash into Mt. Kilimanjaro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vonnegut believe Colonialism will bust up all cultures and create a Third World planet?

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 Alcoholics Anonymous is the U.S.'s most nurturing contribution to planetary culture?

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

5. What is Vonnegut's opinion on war?

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

7. Why should many people take offense to privileged Vonnegut?

8. What terrible thing happens to sufferers of "Folk Society Deficiency," or FSD? Give an example.

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

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

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