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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Vonnegut believe is enough to make a masterpiece? Beyond that, it is like empty talk at the end of a party.
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-half.

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

3. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?
(a) Mental illness is caused by the sufferer's environment.
(b) Mental illness is chemically based.
(c) A cold is the main cause of mental illness.
(d) Early trauma causes mental illness.

4. Who buys the lake house but allows Vonnegut and his bride to honeymoon there?
(a) His friend O'Hare.
(b) A stranger.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Vonnegut Sr. is denied his dreams by what event?

2. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?

3. Vonnegut uses examinations of history, literature, psychology and what else to move his story forward?

4. In what year does the author's father die?

5. What is his home on Lake Maxincuckee?

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