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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which college did Vonnegut attend?
(a) The University of Chicago
(b) Cornell University
(c) The University of Dresden
(d) Stanford University

2. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.
(b) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(c) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(d) To run away from them if at all possible.

3. Who, according to Campbell, would the Americans be fighting if they joined him?
(a) Nazi Socialists
(b) American Communists
(c) Russian Communists
(d) Jewish people

4. What question does Billy ask the Tralfamadorans?
(a) How his life will end.
(b) What life on Trafalmadore is like.
(c) Where they are and how they got there.
(d) Where his mother is.

5. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?
(a) Hexagonal specks of light
(b) Strings of luminous spaghetti
(c) Glowing bouncing balls
(d) Pulsating circles of light

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Billy tries to sleep in the railroad car?

2. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?

3. Vonnegut notes that more people were killed in Dresden than. . .

4. How does Billy help Edgar?

5. Who is Wild Bob?

(see the answer key)

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