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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Attorney General's Commission believes that sufferers of what disease get what they deserve?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

2. Why does Vonnegut like to write pieces for Architectural Digest?
(a) As a tribute to his father and grandfather.
(b) He loves architecture.
(c) As a tribute to his son, Mark.
(d) He is an architect.

3. What mental illness does the author's son suffer and recover from?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Depression.
(d) Schizophrenia.

4. What does Vonnegut say happens to American literary history, that "generations" of writers are separated by less than twenty years?
(a) They have been so foreshortened.
(b) They are very young.
(c) There are more people being born.
(d) There are more writers.

5. To what author's work does Vonnegut compare the Bill of Rights' First Amendment?
(a) Dr. Seuss.
(b) Dr. Dre.
(c) Michael Crichton.
(d) J.K. Rowling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vonnegut believe a writer's opinion about vocal third parties differs from that of a visual artist?

2. What does Vonnegut assert is often Hemingway's male characters' greatest reward?

3. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?

4. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?

5. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?

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