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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author view his writing?
(a) Good.
(b) The best work written.
(c) Mediocre at best.
(d) Bad and unfit for publication.

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

3. Who developed the first Soviet hydrogen bomb?
(a) Andrei Sakharov.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) Hitler.

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

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

6. Where is the writer's retreat located?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

7. What do cars and airplanes do on auto pilot?
(a) Avoid crashes.
(b) Crash.
(c) Drive themselves.
(d) Coast to its destination.

8. Who does Vonnegut believe religion is for?
(a) The middle class.
(b) Those who struggle with life.
(c) The kind hearted.
(d) The depressed.

9. Where was the atomic bomb invented?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The Univiersty of Ohio.
(c) The University of Georgia.
(d) The Univeristy of Mississippi.

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

11. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?
(a) They were born with extra brain power.
(b) They have radio wires in their heads.
(c) Their brains are fatter.
(d) Their brains are bigger.

12. When was the first atomic bomb dropped?
(a) August 6, 1945.
(b) August 5, 1945.
(c) August 7, 1945
(d) August 8, 1945.

13. What did Vonnegut hate to see his friend from war lose?
(a) His fiance.
(b) His religious faith.
(c) His strength.
(d) His determination.

14. What is Trout's disguise intended to do?
(a) Give background information.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Evoke sympathy in the onlooker.
(d) Better understand Trout's character.

15. What type of genre is "Timequake"?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Drama.
(c) Biography.
(d) Non-fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fleon commit suicide?

2. What does Vonnegut reflect on at the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. Who does Vonnegut believe humanism is for?

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

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

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