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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should people suspend to enjoy poetry and fiction?
(a) Their natural skepticism.
(b) Their initial thought.
(c) Their ulterior desires.
(d) Nothing.

2. What was Trout doing when the timequake went into effect?
(a) Reading.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

3. Where does Fleon prepare to go to?
(a) Africa.
(b) Stockholm.
(c) Sweeden.
(d) Italy.

4. What common expression does Vonnegut give detail on?
(a) "Out of sight, out of mind."
(b) "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
(c) "Ting a ling."
(d) "Ring a ding ding."

5. What did Vonnegut's sister die from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A collapsed lung.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fleon acquire the brains he examines?

2. What does Vonnegut predict jock itch will become fatal with?

3. What is located next to the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

4. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?

5. How does Trout want people to perceive him?

(see the answer key)

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