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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut assert is often Hemingway's male characters' greatest reward?
(a) Becoming enlightened.
(b) Males feeling love for one another in proximity to danger.
(c) Winning the heart of a woman.
(d) Winning a battle.

2. What does Pollock use to control his hands when he paints?
(a) Early sketches.
(b) Ideas from critics.
(c) A painter's machine.
(d) Intuition.

3. What government authority has several of its members involved in financial or sexual atrocities, as well as advocating for civilians to be armed with assault rifles?
(a) The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography.
(b) The Attorney General's Commission on Religious Freedom.
(c) The Attorney General's Commission Civil Rights.
(d) The Attorney General's Commission on Gun Control.

4. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Painting.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Printmaking.

5. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Franz Ferdinand.
(d) Leif Ericson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?

2. Vonnegut is enthusiastic about Pollock's work, but what does he feel is missing from Pollock's paintings?

3. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?

4. Of what consisting of upper and lower houses is Hemingway a member?

5. What ethnic groups does the Attorney General's Commission label as "terrorists" whenever possible?

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