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

2. Where do Vonnegut and Trout go after the play?

3. What does Vonnegut think is worth pursuing?

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

5. What type of family does Vonnegut desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nearly crushes Prince as free will returns?

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

3. Who inspires Vonnegut's love for books?

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

5. What does Vonnegut type his work on?

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

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

8. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

9. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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