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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut assert is often Hemingway's male characters' greatest reward?

2. Why is Vonnegut good with guns?

3. What does the Reverend oppose?

4. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?

5. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Compare and contrast the character Billy Pilgrim to the character's model, Joe Crone.

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

5. What are two things Vonnegut does not like about President Bush?

6. Describe the city of Dresden.

7. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the First Amendment?

8. How has Hemingway grown dated?

9. Why does Vonnegut greatly admire anything Anonymous, for example, Alcoholics Anonymous?

10. Why do the Vonneguts give themselves a Native American tribal name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dresden was firebombed in retaliation for previous attacks on the British during World War II.

Part 1) Was Dresden a good choice for the military to bomb? Why or why not?

Part 2) How would you feel if you had been a POW in Dresden during the firebombing?

Part 3) Are there any cities in the world that have been bombed but you feel shouldn't have been?

Essay Topic 2

Today's rulers are doing nothing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms.

Part 1) Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Part 2) What efforts do you make to help the planet?

Part 3) How do you see our planet in 1,000 years?

Essay Topic 3

Vonnegut believes all writers grow dated.

Part 1) Give a detailed example of proof that this belief could be true.

Part 2) Explain a similarity between Father's architecture career with this belief.

Part 3) How has this belief affected Vonnegut's own writing?

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