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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 does Vonnegut recognize the importance of in Chapter 17?

2. What happened to the copy of "The Sisters B-36"?

3. What was the planet named in which Trout's three sisters character's lived?

4. What did Vonnegut's sister die from?

5. What does Vonnegut write abut at the end of Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author feel about humanism?

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

3. What is Xanadu?

4. Discuss the addictions Vonnegut describes.

5. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

6. Why does the author think humans are stupid?

7. Who is Kilgore Trout?

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

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

10. What happens in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why such mayhem and chaos results from the return of free will post timequake.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe Vonnegut's notion of how the United States came close to potentially living in a socialist and capitalistic society after World War II.

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