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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 helps people with voluntary suicide?

2. Who helps George with his renovations?

3. What makes Harrison Bergeron so dangerous according to officials?

4. How does Harry behave whenever he is done acting?

5. In "Miss Temptation," what does Fuller want to speak against at divinity school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the narrator proposes to Pat?

2. Why does the salesman go home in "Where I Live?"

3. How does the narrator describe Barnstable?

4. What happens after the final performance in "Who Am I This Time?"

5. What happens when Helene acts with Harry?

6. What happens at the diner the night after George finds Jim in the school?

7. What does Em catch Lou doing in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow?"

8. What does Susanna tell Fuller when he comes to her apartment in "Miss Temptation?"

9. In "The Hyannis Port Story," what is Commodore Rumfoord devoted to?

10. What story does the stranger tell Harold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select one story from this collection and write a critical analysis that focuses on the story's relationship to reality. Form an argument about the "usefulness" of the story as many of Vonnegut's tales seem to carry a message or warning for the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Use stories from Welcome to the Monkey House to explain how the individual is at odds with the government. Examine the roles each play, who has power over whom, and the way they interact.

Essay Topic 3

How does technology play a part in these short stories? Describe how people use, or are used by, technology. How does technology change characters and plot lines?

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