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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 say happens to American literary history, that "generations" of writers are separated by less than twenty years?
(a) They have been so foreshortened.
(b) There are more writers.
(c) There are more people being born.
(d) They are very young.

2. The author pictures his father as what fictional character waiting for a prince to awaken his career?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Porky Pig.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Cinderella.

3. What happens to Algren that keeps Vonnegut from asking if Rushdie may join them at his party?
(a) He is already at the party.
(b) He is not at home.
(c) He does not answer the phone.
(d) He is dead of a heart attack.

4. What does Vonnegut believe is the United State's only true art form prior to Jackson Pollock's work?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Photography.
(c) Hip hop.
(d) Ballet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What choir performs Vonnegut's requiem?

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

3. What does Vonnegut believe is the cause of mental illness?

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

5. In which art form does Father show promise before the Great Depression?

(see the answer key)

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