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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. Where does Vonnegut first meet O'Hare?

2. Kurt Vonnegut Sr. is respected and loved as a founder of what museum?

3. In what year does the author's father die?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Alice a lazy artist?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Vonnegut's experiences at Lake Maxincuckee.

8. 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?

9. How is Father's reaction to praise for his artwork different from his daughter's?

10. A master's degree in anthropology has taught Vonnegut the "villains" are culture, society and history, not drugs. What proof does Vonnegut give of this belief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Vonnegut says young writers should moralize in a reader-friendly way.

Part 1) Why do you think he says this?

Part 2) Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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