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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. Why did Vonnegut choose to go to college rather than take his dream job?
(a) College was the easy way out.
(b) He wanted more money for the job.
(c) His dream job was the easy way out.
(d) He had no where to work up to.

2. What does the author believe should be repudiated now that he is older?
(a) Laws.
(b) Time's importance.
(c) The thoughts he had when he was young.
(d) Life's importance.

3. What would be the next step towards idealism after woman's rights?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) A Bill of Rights.
(d) Economic justice.

4. How did Vonnegut's grandfather's second wife treat his children?
(a) She tortured them.
(b) She was close to them.
(c) She nurtured them.
(d) She was nice, but distant.

5. Who does Vonnegut give credit to being the best English writer?
(a) Dickinson.
(b) Malory.
(c) Andrewes.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trout let out after the curtains close?

2. What was the result in the grandchildren for their grandfather's second wife's treatment?

3. What did Vonnegut argue women tended to be?

4. Who does Vonnegut confess his deep love to?

5. Who does Vonnegut send his pages of work to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Vonnegut's parents observe?

2. Describe Vonnegut's step grandmother.

3. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

4. Discuss what Vonnegut sees as the difference between his work and his brother's.

5. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

6. What does Trout admit his actions post timequake were?

7. How did Vonnegut's step grandmother affect him and the other grandchildren?

8. Describe Vonnegut's experience at the stationary store.

9. Describe what Vonnegut thinks about humans and their choices in life.

10. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

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