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

2. What does Vonnegut regret for one of his friends in World War II?

3. Who is Monica's husband?

4. What does Vonnegut bemoan losing appreciation for during the timequake?

5. What was Zoltan doing when the timequake went into effect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Monica Pepper?

2. What type of writing does Trout want to write?

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

4. What does Vonnegut believe most people are interested in?

5. What were the Peppers doing when the timequake struck?

6. Discuss what the author did after World War II.

7. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

8. How does Vonnegut feel about the atomic bomb?

9. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

10. Who is Lily?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Vonnegut's unusual writing and presentation of the events in his novel "Timequake."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and explain how humans begin to see evolution failing its inhabitants. What is observed in "Timequake" to bring about this idea?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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