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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. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, how many hours of television Failures of Christianity (murders) has one watched by graduation?

2. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?

3. With whom does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique?

4. What is the subtitle of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?

5. From what event can ordinary humans not learn how much pain and humiliation to endure before calling an end to everything?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think, based on the information given, Rita Rait enjoys winning the limerick contest? Why or why not?

2. How does Jane Cox deal with her loneliness when her children are grown and move out?

3. Why should many people take offense to privileged Vonnegut?

4. What have other cultures done to oppress Germans and those of German descent?

5. How is RENAMO destroying the beautiful country of Mozambique?

6. What does Vonnegut mean when he tells the MIT graduates that they have the power to turn loose or reign in enormous forces?

7. What is the Folk Society?

8. Why do the MIT graduates applaud politely but not take Vonnegut seriously?

9. How are ex-hippies more scarred than Vietnam veterans?

10. According to John Yale, what is the Mozambican's true enemy? Why?

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 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

Mental illness affects several discussed throughout the book.

Part 1) What could be the cause(s) of the Vonnegut family's mental illness?

Part 2) How does Vonnegut's mother's suicide affect his life?

Part 3) How might Vonnegut feel about his own son's mental illness?

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