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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vonnegut reflect on at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Humanism.

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

4. What is the symbolism of bingo in "Bingo Bunker Party"?
(a) Being carefree.
(b) Hope.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Happiness.

5. Who does Vonnegut believe humanism is for?
(a) The poor.
(b) The depressed.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The wealthy.

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

7. What was Fleon wearing when he committed suicide?
(a) A lab coat.
(b) His new underwear.
(c) His suit and tails.
(d) A bathing suit.

8. Which of the following are NOT mentioned as possible addictions?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Sex.
(c) Writing.
(d) Alcohol.

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

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

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

12. What did Zolant's teacher immediately accuse him of upon turning in his paper?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Copying.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Plagiarism.

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

14. What does Vonnegut imagine combines?
(a) Rain and sunshine.
(b) Song and dance.
(c) Rain and snow.
(d) Peridoic table elements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vonnegut hate to see his friend from war lose?

2. What kills Zoltan when free will is reinstated?

3. Whose brains does Fleon study?

4. Who is Kilgore Trout?

5. Who sees Trout discard his literary work?

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