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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the general at the ROTC inspection write down Vonnegut's name, which seems to lead to Vonnegut never rising above Private First Class?
(a) Vonnegut arrives late to the inspection.
(b) Vonnegut argues with the general.
(c) Vonnegut plays a practical joke.
(d) The general thinks Vonnegut is not a good soldier.

2. This book is the sequel to what other book?
(a) Friday the 13th.
(b) Palm Sunday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Easter Sunday.

3. In Fates Worse Than Death, humorist Kurt Vonnegut examines the blindness of the American people to the hypocrisy of what administration?
(a) Smith Administration.
(b) Carter Administration.
(c) Clinton Administration.
(d) Reagan Administration.

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

5. What does Vonnegut create during his summers at Lake Maxincuckee in southern Indiana?
(a) Camp fires.
(b) A wooden canoe.
(c) Imaginary friends.
(d) His first map of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?

2. What does Pollock use to control his hands when he paints?

3. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?

4. What do Vonnegut's grown children jointly own?

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

(see the answer key)

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