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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. What German-American movement did not survive?

2. Why are ex-hippies ashamed to belong to their social class?

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

4. With what magazine does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique in 1990 to write an article?

5. What will bust up all cultures and create a Third-World planet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Folk Society?

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

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

5. Why does Vonnegut believe Alcoholics Anonymous is the U.S.'s most nurturing contribution to planetary culture?

6. How has Vonnegut's belief in the cause of mental illness changed since the beginning of the book? Why?

7. What are some examples of humorists who have lost their humor after a certain age? How has their humor been lost?

8. What are two reasons Vonnegut is skeptical of Christianity?

9. Why is the Italian translator, Roberta Rambelli, Vonnegut's favorite?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vonnegut claims the U.S.'s most nurturing contribution to planetary culture is Alcoholics Anonymous.

Part 1) Why does he believe this?

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

Part 3) What else has the U.S. contributed to better the planet?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

19th century British aristocrats are sufferers of "Folk Society Deficiency."

Part 1) How do they suffer from this deficiency? Who does this affect other people from different cultures?

Part 2) What other areas of the world have suffered in the same way? How?

Part 3) Do societies still suffers from this deficiency? How?

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