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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut uses examinations of history, literature, psychology and what else to move his story forward?
(a) automobiles.
(b) fashion.
(c) dance.
(d) art.

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

3. In what year does the author's father die?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1947.

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

5. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?
(a) Culver Lake where he is a lifeguard.
(b) Lake Maxincuckee where he swims with his siblings.
(c) Lake Michigan where he played in the sand.
(d) Geist Lake where he went boating.

Short Answer Questions

1. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?

2. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?

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

4. What does Vonnegut believe is the United State's only true art form prior to Jackson Pollock's work?

5. Why did Jane Cox's relatives question her marriage to Vonnegut?

(see the answer key)

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