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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Algren bitter over his masterpiece, The Man with the Golden Arm?
(a) He receives very little for his masterpiece.
(b) He fears he will not be able to create another masterpiece.
(c) He does not think it is a masterpiece.
(d) He does not like the how it ends.

2. Sufferers of what deficiency seek to become members of a crazy artificial extended family?
(a) Gluten Deficiency.
(b) Auto-Immune Deficiency.
(c) Folk Society Deficiency.
(d) Vitamin B Deficiency.

3. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?
(a) World War I.
(b) His writing.
(c) His cats.
(d) The Vietnam War.

4. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?
(a) Kurt's.
(b) Alex's.
(c) Edith's.
(d) Alice's.

5. What happens to all writers?
(a) They grow dated.
(b) They become more famous with age.
(c) They grow to be better writers.
(d) Their stories grow more optimistic with each passing year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut believe is the United State's only true art form prior to Jackson Pollock's work?

2. Who is the Cody, Wyoming, artist who is America's foremost adventurer in the Abstract Expressionist movement?

3. Unlike many short-lived 20th-century art movements, what movement has more enthusiasts than ever?

4. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?

5. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.

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