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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 89-99.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a "wampeter" defined in Chapter 24?
(a) "A wampeter is the rim of a karass."
(b) "A wampeter is the onset of a kan-kan."
(c) "A wampeter is the pivot of a karass."
(d) "A wampeter is the truth of humanity."

2. What is the title of Chapter 89?
(a) "A White Bride for the Son of a Pullman Porter."
(b) "Boko-maru."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "Duffle."

3. What does Dr. Breed say that "pure research men" work on in Chapter 21?
(a) "What they are paid to research."
(b) "Facts that will help humanity."
(c) "What they are told to research."
(d) "What fascinates them."

4. What Bokononist word from the novel refers to a man who wants all of somebody's love?
(a) "Saroon."
(b) "Kan-kan."
(c) "Sin-wat."
(d) "Vin-dit."

5. Where does John describe stopping for a 10-minute layover in Chapter 47?
(a) Nassau, Bahamas.
(b) San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(c) Mexico City, Mexico.
(d) Bangkok, Thailand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?

2. What does Dr. Breed accuse John of being a member of in Chapter 21?

3. What was the real name of the notorious English pirate described in Chapter 48?

4. Who is the "mail-order muscle-builder" who "vulgarized" the term "Dynamic Tension," according to John in Chapter 47?

5. What is the motto of the Western Hemisphere University of the Bible of Little Rock, Arkansas, according to Dr. Vox Humana in Chapter 96?

(see the answer key)

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