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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the response from the person Vonnegut writes to when he is restless about his writing?
(a) His prose was turned into poetry.
(b) To take a sebatical.
(c) To go on a vacation.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Vonnegut bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?
(a) Writing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Talking.
(d) Reading.

3. What is the title of Trout's unfinished memoir mentioned in Chapter 16?
(a) "Life in Suspension."
(b) "My Ten Years Suspended."
(c) "My Ten Years on Automatic Pilot."
(d) "Life on Hold."

4. What does Trout feel contempt for?
(a) Writing literature.
(b) Writing newspaper articles.
(c) Writing poems.
(d) Writing science fiction.

5. Where does Monica Pepper work?
(a) The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(b) At a theatre.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) At a drive in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "A Street Car Named Desire"?

2. Who did Zolant Pepper go to high school with?

3. What is the story about Hitler filled with?

4. What battle does Vonnegut mention fighting in during World War II?

5. Who developed the first Soviet hydrogen bomb?

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