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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 predict jock itch will become fatal with?

2. How many years later did Vonnegut attend an anniversary of the atomic bombing at a chapel?

3. What was the inventor of the Soviet hydrogen bomb rewarded with?

4. How does Trout dress in Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in "Bingo Bunker Party"?

2. How does Trout disguise himself in Chapter 13?

3. How does Vonnegut feel about his own writing?

4. What is the implication about free will during the timequake?

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

6. What is a timequake?

7. Describe what the author details in the prologue.

8. What idea does Vonnegut explore about human actions?

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

10. What is the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how life is suspended on auto-pilot during the timequake and what are the negative effects of living life without free will.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze Trout's eccentricities and how his weird and quirky thoughts and behaviors are reflective of Vonnegut's own repressed emotions.

Essay Topic 3

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

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