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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "A Street Car Named Desire"?

2. What was Trout doing when the timequake went into effect?

3. Where do people find themselves when the universe stops for a decade?

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

5. What author made one of Vonnegut's friends cry from his writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What must people do when reading science fiction?

2. What happened to people in the western hemisphere when the timequake ended and why?

3. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

4. What idea does Vonnegut explore about human actions?

5. Who is Lily?

6. How does Vonnegut feel about the atomic bomb?

7. Describe Fleon Sunoco.

8. Who is Monica Pepper?

9. What ideas are the author's expressions a major reflection of?

10. Describe what Vonnegut's siblings were like after World War II.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain how humans pretend to understand life but really have no idea of what life means to them individually.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the differences in the actions of the humans that live in the Eastern hemisphere to those who live in the Western hemisphere during the timequake.

Essay Topic 3

Explain and analyze how writing can become an addiction. What are the dangers of the addiction of writing in comparison to other addictions like drugs and alcohol?

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