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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who shows Zolant Trout's manuscript?
(a) Allie.
(b) Trout.
(c) Prince.
(d) Vonnegut.
2. What does Vonnegut write abut at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sex.
(d) Marriage.
3. What does Vonnegut attribute his friend's tears who cried from an author's writing to?
(a) Relief.
(b) Joy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Sadness.
4. In what city is the American Academy of Arts and Letters located?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta, Ga.
(c) Buffalo, NY.
(d) Chicago.
5. Who developed the first Soviet hydrogen bomb?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) Andrei Sakharov.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) Hitler.
6. When was the first atomic bomb dropped?
(a) August 5, 1945.
(b) August 6, 1945.
(c) August 8, 1945.
(d) August 7, 1945
7. Where did the police find Trout?
(a) In the subway.
(b) Hitch hiking.
(c) A street in New York City.
(d) A library in New York City.
8. Why does Fleon commit suicide?
(a) He cannot fathom than a human made the discoveries he did.
(b) He is heartbroken.
(c) His life is lonely.
(d) He feels overwhelmed and underprepared.
9. What is the name of the writer's retreat?
(a) Xandus.
(b) Xanduss.
(c) Xandow.
(d) Xanadu.
10. Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) New York City.
(d) Hong Kong.
11. How does Zolant react to seeing the manuscript?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excited.
(d) Perplexed.
12. Who is Kilgore Trout?
(a) Vonnegut's brother.
(b) Vonnegut's sister.
(c) Vonnegut's best friend.
(d) Vonnegut's alter ego.
13. What addiction does Vonnegut claim is possible for people?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.
14. What is the title of Trout's unfinished memoir mentioned in Chapter 16?
(a) "My Ten Years Suspended."
(b) "Life on Hold."
(c) "My Ten Years on Automatic Pilot."
(d) "Life in Suspension."
15. What does Fleon discover on the human brains who have been attributed as an intelligent?
(a) A hollow spot in their inner ear.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A bump on their inner ear.
(d) A bump on their nose.
Short Answer Questions
1. What causes a universe to stop for a decade?
2. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?
3. What do cars and airplanes do on auto pilot?
4. Who wrote "The Sisters B-36"?
5. What common expression does Vonnegut give detail on?
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