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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the title of the book Jane writes about raising their kids on Cape Cod?
(a) On a Wing and a Prayer.
(b) My Children, My Angels.
(c) Angels Without Wings.
(d) Angels in Heaven.

4. What tribal name do the Vonneguts give themselves?
(a) Black Feathers.
(b) Aztec-girls.
(c) Pottawatomie.
(d) Epta mayan-boys.

5. Vonnegut is the third person in his family to have a one-person show and the second to put in time in a "laughing academy." What is he the first to do?
(a) Divorce and remarry.
(b) Write.
(c) Create art.
(d) Have an unhappy marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founds the Indianapolis chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1955?

2. Even after many years, what is imprinted in Vonnegut's mind?

3. Dr. Nancy Andreassen finds that people in what profession tend to be depressive or come from depressive families more often than in the general public?

4. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?

5. What do Jane and Vonnegut have in common?

(see the answer key)

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