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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 was his father chosen to be at his hunting shack?

2. What class does the author teach?

3. Who does Vonnegut confess his deep love to?

4. What did the government declare as a result of the reinstated free will?

5. Why do no emergency response teams ever come to anyone's help?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

2. What nearly crushes Prince as free will returns?

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

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

5. What is the Kilgore Creed?

6. Who does Vonnegut consider the best English author?

7. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

8. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

9. What do Vonnegut's parents observe?

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

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.

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 inclusion of Hitler and repeated imagery of World War II in "Timequake."

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