View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vonnegut's trip to Mozambique make him feel?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Emotionally empty.
(c) Physically drained.
(d) Motivated.

2. Vonnegut references what Biblical story to his belief that people find life too hard and disappointing to act on repairing it?
(a) Noah's Ark, as a sinking vessel with half its animals already dead.
(b) Buddha sitting by the tree, but not becoming enlightened.
(c) The Last Supper, with Jesus accusing Mark instead of Judas.
(d) Adam and Eve not taking a bite from the forbidden fruit.

3. For what does the traditional requiem ask?
(a) Entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven by Saint Peter.
(b) Sinners to be damned to Hell for all eternity.
(c) A heaven filled with angels playing harps.
(d) Eternal rest for the dead, where God's light perpetually shines on them.

4. What is World Vision?
(a) A Muslim organization bringing the teachings of Mohammed to other cultures.
(b) An American optometrist organization bringing glasses to the underpriveledged.
(c) An American Christian charity bringing supplies to refugees.
(d) A Buddhist charity bringing peace to other cultures.

5. What choir performs Vonnegut's requiem?
(a) Universalist Unitarian choir.
(b) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
(c) United Methodist choir.
(d) Hindu choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?

2. Who enacts the Latin requiem text in 1570?

3. What organization prevents Mozambicans from learning to read and write?

4. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

5. Why is Vonnegut drawn to the text?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 324 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample