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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. Where is Dresden located when Vonnegut goes to visit it?

2. Where does Billy time travel to while he is on the airplane?

3. What does the Head Englishman give the American soldiers in the theater?

4. Who becomes the Head American?

5. What does Campbell offer the prisoners if they join the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do people think Billy is brain damaged after his surgery?

2. What does Howard J. Campbell wear?

3. What is echolalia?

4. Why is Kilgore Trout shadowing Billy at the anniversary party?

5. What is the meaning of the last line of the novel?

6. Why were the German guards in Dresden relieved when they saw the American prisoners of war?

7. What advice does Paul Lazzaro give to Billy Pilgrim?

8. Why does Billy travel to New York?

9. How does Billy's wife, Valencia, die?

10. What did Paul Lazzaro do to the dog that bit him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a personal essay, explaining your view of death and/or the afterlife. Describe the basis of your views. Did they come from your family, your religion, popular culture, or from a specific source?

Essay Topic 2

Research and write a paper describing the bombing of Dresden in 1944.

Essay Topic 3

Roland Weary can be said to personify the typical American war hero, while Billy Pilgrim is anything but. Write an essay comparing these two characters. Which is more heroic?

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