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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. Why can Vonnegut not get married at an Episcopalian church?

2. Why do psychiatrists believe Mark is a misdiagnosed depressive?

3. How is the character Bill Pilgrim different from Joe Crone?

4. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?

5. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Vonnegut's opinion of liberty?

3. How does Jill embody the Women's Liberation Movement? How does this attitude toward life make her a better person?

4. What is the Reverend's opinion on banning objectionable books?

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

6. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters? Support your answer.

7. Name one similarity and one difference between Jane and Vonnegut.

8. What makes Alice a lazy artist?

9. How has Hemingway grown dated?

10. What are four things Vonnegut and O'Hare have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vonnegut poses the question "what are people for?"

Part 1) What do you believe Vonnegut thinks people are for?

Part 2) What do you think people are for?

Part 3) Based on these beliefs, are people being successful at serving their purpose on Earth? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

People use a variety of techniques to relieve stress and the pressures of life.

Part 1) What are the techniques Vonnegut names?

Part 2) Do they seem to work?

Part 3) What do you do to relieve stress? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Television has created a generation that needs not fight to be disillusioned about war.

Part 1) Give examples of how television has been able to do this.

Part 2) Name two other ways television has bettered our society. Explain.

Part 3) What other technology has bettered our world? Explain.

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