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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 Fleon believe about intelligent people?

2. Who is Monica Pepper?

3. What does Fleon discover on the human brains who have been attributed as an intelligent?

4. What is the name of the writer's retreat?

5. How does Trout want people to perceive him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vonnegut feel about the atomic bomb?

2. How does Vonnegut perceive his friend's tears?

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

4. What happens to Fleon Sunoco?

5. How does the author feel about humanism?

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

7. Describe why the author recalls one of his friend's tears.

8. Discuss the addictions Vonnegut describes.

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

10. Who is Kilgore Trout?

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

Discuss the importance of cause and effect after the timequake ends.

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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