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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. He says his father is a rarity among Hoosiers. What other fantasy creature does the author compare his father to?

2. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?

3. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?

4. Who does Vonnegut marry in 1979?

5. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hemingway share with Vonnegut?

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

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

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

6. Describe the city of Dresden.

7. What is Vonnegut's opinion of liberty?

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

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

10. Vonnegut says children relate to the Universe as a one-on-one playmate. What profession does the same? When would members of this profession no longer play this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vonnegut considers some people saints.

Part 1) Name two people he considers saints. Why?

Part 2) What do you believe the requirements are for being considered a saint?

Part 3) Who in your life would you consider a saint? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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