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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 class does the author teach?

2. Who instilled Vonnegut's love for books in him?

3. Who runs into the Academy informing everyone free will has returned?

4. What does Vonnegut still write on?

5. What would be the next step towards idealism after woman's rights?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vonnegut turn down to go to college instead?

2. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

3. How does Vonnegut feel about his brother's art?

4. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

5. Discuss what Vonnegut sees as the difference between his work and his brother's.

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

7. What do Vonnegut's parents observe?

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

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

10. What does Trout do when the timequake ends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and describe what the character Fleon Sunoco represents in "Timequake" and his importance to the overall meaning of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Vonnegut's opinion of his brother's artwork to his opinion of his own work. How does Vonnegut compare literary to folk art?

Essay Topic 3

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

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