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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut's degree in anthropology teach him about villains?
(a) The "villains" are culture, society, and history, not drugs.
(b) The "villains" are art, music, and dance, not culture.
(c) The "villains" are drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
(d) The "villains" are drugs, theft, and rape, not society.

2. Who is the composer who sets Vonnegut's Latin translation to music?
(a) Dame Edna.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Edgar Grana.

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

4. What is the best reason for why Vonnegut's family keeps his mother's insanity and suicide a secret?
(a) They are hoping to avoid repelling prospective in-laws.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They are in denial.
(d) They are saddened by her illness and death.

5. What art form does Kurt Vonnegut Sr. take up after he retires?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Printmaking.
(c) Painting .
(d) Sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vonnegut believe a writer's opinion about vocal third parties differs from that of a visual artist?

2. What practical joke does Vonnegut play at an ROTC inspection?

3. Whose art does Father celebrate, as if it is a Pieta or Sistine chapel ceiling?

4. Where does Vonnegut attempt to get his own requiem mass translated into Latin but is denied?

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

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