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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?
(a) They are both writers.
(b) They love New York City.
(c) They are both of German descent.
(d) They both paint.

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

3. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?
(a) A publishing house.
(b) The lake house.
(c) A condominium in New York City.
(d) Their childhood home.

4. How does Vonnegut describe Reagan's and Bush's war experiences?
(a) Reagan was a PFC, as was Vonnegut, and Bush was an aviator and war hero.
(b) Both had extensive experiences as members of the military.
(c) Neither of them had war experiences.
(d) One experiences warfare in sanitized movies and the other as an aviator who never has to see his victims.

5. Why does Vonnegut miss his 50th high school reunion?
(a) He forgets the date of his reunion.
(b) He contracts Lyme disease.
(c) His plane is delayed.
(d) He catches pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do jokes work?

2. Those with addiction eventually hit rock bottom. Vonnegut believes Western Civilization hit rock bottom in World War I. Unlike those with addictions who admit that their addiction is ruining their lives, how does Western Civilization react to hitting rock bottom?

3. Why does Vonnegut feel out of intellectual step with his new neighbors in Cape Cod?

4. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?

5. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?

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