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

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

3. Which of the following does Vonnegut NOT believe socialism will eliminate?

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

5. What type of family does Vonnegut desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Trout do when the timequake ends?

2. Describe what swoopers and bashers are.

3. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

4. What does Vonnegut want in a family?

5. What assassination does Vonnegut describe?

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

7. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

8. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

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

10. What does Trout find after the timequake that he becomes destructive with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Vonnegut's unusual writing and presentation of the events in his novel "Timequake."

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