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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Crosby demand quarters after checking out of the hotel in Chapter 72?
(a) The Ritz Carlton hotel.
(b) The Del Prado Hotel.
(c) The American embassy.
(d) The Four Seasons.

2. Where did Mr. Crosby attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Cornell University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Brown University.

3. Chapter 101 is titled, "Like My Predecessors, I" do what?
(a) "Desert My People."
(b) "Outlaw Bokonon."
(c) "Go Home."
(d) "Erect a New Flag."

4. What is the one word from The Fourteenth Book of Bokonon, titled "What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years"?
(a) "Life."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Live."
(d) "Nothing."

5. What does Frank tell Angela she "bought" with her portion of Ice-nine in Chapter 109?
(a) "A brief affair."
(b) "A trip to Europe."
(c) "A house in the Hamptons."
(d) "A tomcat husband."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second number that plays on the phonograph of "Cat House Piano" in Chapter 81?

2. What is the title of Chapter 81?

3. What is the company that Angela's husband is President of, according to Newt in Chapter 80?

4. What does Julian Castle say his playboy days had cost him in Chapter 80?

5. What Bokononist word means "lies"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Ambassador Minton's statement regarding the 100 martyrs?

2. What is done with Dr. Von Koenigswald's body in Chapter 113? Why?

3. How is the theme of inequality of wealth demonstrated in Chapter 62?

4. What led to the mass suicide of many inhabitants of San Lorenzo?

5. What is Philip Castle's implication when he asks John if he sells medicine in Chapter 70?

6. What is ironic about the cleaning process in Chapter 111?

7. What statement do you think that Kurt Vonnegut is making through the character of Mona in the novel?

8. How did Dr. Felix Hoenikker die? What clues allude to how he died?

9. What concerns and conflicts arise with the death of Papa Monzano?

10. Why was Bokononism initially banned? What impact did the ban have on Bokonon?

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