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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut attribute his friend's tears who cried from an author's writing to?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Relief.

2. What qualifies someone to be able to celebrate more than one anniversary a year?
(a) Having children.
(b) Many days of togetherness.
(c) Many hours of togetherness.
(d) Many moments of togetheness.

3. What author made one of Vonnegut's friends cry from his writing?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Stein.
(d) Hemingway.

4. What was Vonnegut's career post World War II?
(a) He was a Navy officer.
(b) He was a cab driver.
(c) He worked for General Electric.
(d) He was a teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the chapters with Fleon observe?

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

3. What is located next to the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

4. What is the title of Trout's unfinished memoir mentioned in Chapter 16?

5. Who does Vonnegut believe religion is for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vonnegut feel about the atomic bomb?

2. What is the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

3. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

4. Why does the author think humans are stupid?

5. Who is Dudley Prince?

6. What happens in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

7. What is Xanadu?

8. Discuss the addictions Vonnegut describes.

9. Where did the police find Trout and why?

10. How does Vonnegut feel about his own writing?

(see the answer keys)

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