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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does everyone have to do to reach normal time again?
(a) Appreciate each other.
(b) Exercise for ten years.
(c) Sleep for ten years.
(d) Repeat the previous ten years exactly as they happened.

2. Who wrote "A Street Car Named Desire"?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Thornton Wilder.
(c) Aruthur Miller.
(d) Tennesee Williams.

3. What battle does Vonnegut mention fighting in during World War II?
(a) Battle of the Brush.
(b) Battle of the Brave.
(c) Battle of Bug.
(d) Battle of the Bulge.

4. How many years later did Vonnegut attend an anniversary of the atomic bombing at a chapel?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 40 years.

5. How does Trout want people to perceive him?
(a) Sane and dangerous.
(b) Harmless, but insane.
(c) Insane, but harmless.
(d) Dangerous, but insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Sisters B-36"?

2. What does Vonnegut bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?

3. Where does the author find himself when the story jumps ahead in Chapter 6?

4. What type of genre is "Timequake"?

5. What is the guard's name that mistakes Trout for a bag lady?

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