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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Vonnegut compare Bush's presidential campaign?
(a) East Germany propaganda.
(b) Pornographic sleaze.
(c) Nazi propaganda.
(d) Perfect example of democracy.

2. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?
(a) They are saddened by her illness and death.
(b) They are hoping to avoid repelling prospective in-laws.
(c) They are in denial.
(d) They are embarrassed.

3. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?
(a) Hydrofluoric acid.
(b) Hydrochloric acid.
(c) Carbon dioxide.
(d) Hydrogen dioxide.

4. What does Vonnegut believe is declining but could return?
(a) Racism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Corporal punishment.

5. Who is the model for Vonnegut's Bill Pilgrim in SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?
(a) Jane Seymour.
(b) Joe Crone.
(c) Bishop Moore.
(d) Jack Spratt.

Short Answer Questions

1. After high school what does Jill make Manhattan and the world?

2. Jane gives birth to how many children?

3. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?

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

5. What are heavy among the writers Vonnegut cares about?

(see the answer key)

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