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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 is the subtitle of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?

2. What is the definition of this society of which Dr. Robert Redfield speaks?

3. What is the name of the Bishop Vonnegut travels with to the Galapagos?

4. Although people with acute mental disorder are less often written off as hopeless, why is there still a lack of certainty for patients and their families?

5. What is Mark's only crime against his government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Name two things Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the Folk Society?

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

The First Amendment allows Americans the freedom of speech and the press.

Part 1) Although Vonnegut supports this, why does this freedom upset him? Give examples from the text.

Part 2) What part of the First Amendment does the NRA use to support its cause? Do you agree with the way the NRA interprets this freedom?

Part 3) Write a letter to the NRA expressing your opinion about its interpretation of the First Amendment.

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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