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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 does the maitre de at the Arapahoe wear on his lapel?
2. In prison, what did Larkin do?
3. Walter Starbuck is an ex-con, ex-capitalist, and ex-_________.
4. Sarah's family wanted their clocks to be readable ______.
5. Why was Sarah furious with Starbuck?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Starbuck's release from prison entering the new or returning to the old?
2. After receiving the fan letter, why did Vonnegut feel he didn't need to write this or other books?
3. Did Ruth's prophesy about her son come true? What is the nature of Starbuck and Ruth's son?
4. What is the significance of "Kilgore Trout" being a pseudonym?
5. Is an event's existence or its meaning more important to Starbuck? How?
6. What was the nature of Starbuck's relationship with Nixon?
7. What effect do Starbuck's relationships have on him? What is he relationship with himself?
8. Why did Starbuck agree to be McCone's protégé?
9. Why is Clewes not the prominent political figure he was on his way to becoming?
10. Why does Starbuck cry in the cab home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A majority of Starbuck's story in "Jailbird" is reflection on the past and how he came to be as he is in the present. Discuss Starbuck's retrospective point of view with him and his reality.
Essay Topic 2
Starbuck discusses he has only loved four women in his life. Those women are Sarah, Mary Kathleen, Ruth, and his mother. Discuss how Starbuck loves. What is his impact on those people, and what is their influence over him?
Essay Topic 3
Vonnegut discusses a fan letter in the prologue, which says "love may fail, but courtesy will prevail." Discuss how this works as a theme in the book and its angle on humanity and society in "Jailbird."
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