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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Vonnegut's favorite translator, with whom he falls in platonic love?
(a) Rita Rait.
(b) Ramon Ramone.
(c) Roberta Rambelli.
(d) Rachel Ray.

2. What does Vonnegut dream the world will be like in 1,000 years?
(a) There will still be rich and poor, but all will be descendants of people who endure insults without committing suicide or murder.
(b) There will be no world in 1,000 years.
(c) German descendants will be running the planet.
(d) There will be no humankind, because the various world leaders will lead their countries into massive wars.

3. According to the Attorney General's Commission, what is worth its expensive price tag?
(a) billion-dollar airplanes.
(b) billion-dollar NASA spacecraft.
(c) billion-dollar condominiums.
(d) billion-dollar financial institutions.

4. Of what consisting of upper and lower houses is Hemingway a member?
(a) The American Actors and Writers Equity.
(b) The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
(c) The American Association of Writers of Historical Fiction.
(d) The American Writers Academy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Vonnegut defends what freedom?

2. What is the name of the Bishop Vonnegut travels with to the Galapagos?

3. The gestation period of 'possums is twelve days and Indian elephants twenty-two months. What does the author believe is the gestation period for American liberty?

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

5. According to Vonnegut's speech, what power do the MIT graduates have?

(see the answer key)

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