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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. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?

2. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?

3. What is one thing Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future?

4. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?

5. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vonnegut's requiem mass differ from Andrew Lloyd Webber's?

2. Of what significant Indianapolis building is Father the founder? Why is he bitter over the additions made on this building?

3. What is a possible reason for Jane's English relatives not wanting her to marry a German?

4. What are two characteristics of Jackson Pollock's work?

5. What makes Alice a lazy artist?

6. Although Jill Krementz attends private schools and vacations with the rich as a child, how does she support herself as an adult?

7. A unicorn, it is said, will lay its head in a maiden's lap if she sits in a forest clearing. Why is Vonnegut's sister, Alice, the maiden to Father's unicorn?

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

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

10. Why does Father not enjoy working as an architect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Father and Alice are encouraged in their art making.

Part 1) How do their reactions differ? How does this affect their futures as artists?

Part 2) How do you react from encouragement and praise?

Part 3) Describe a time when someone's opinion influenced your actions. Did it result in a positive outcome?

Essay Topic 2

Vonnegut says he does not care if he is remembered when he dies.

Part 1) What examples of authors does he give who do want to be remembered?

Part 2) Compare and contrast the reasons why Vonnegut and other writers may or may not want to be remembered.

Part 3) Do you want to be remembered when you die? Why or why not?

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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