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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 do Trout and his companion tell the homeless men?

2. What family member does the author discuss in Chapter 43 after he talks about his grandfather's second wife?

3. What is later recited in schools after the Pledge of Allegiance?

4. What did Trout blow up after the timequake's end?

5. What class does the author teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Trout admit his actions post timequake were?

2. How did Vonnegut's step grandmother affect him and the other grandchildren?

3. What does Vonnegut think a future study should be?

4. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

5. Describe Vonnegut's experience at the stationary store.

6. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

7. What is the Kilgore Creed?

8. What do Vonnegut's parents' observations suggest?

9. Who does Vonnegut consider the best English author?

10. Describe what Vonnegut thinks about humans and their choices in life.

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

Explain what the reality of idealism's influence has on humanity according to the end of "Timequake."

Essay Topic 3

Describe and explain how Vonnegut sees humans as ultimately self destructive.

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