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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example of a book that Vonnegut believes moralizes?
(a) "Lord of the Rings."
(b) "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing."
(c) "Blubber."
(d) "Gulliver's Travels."

2. Why does Vonnegut believe Christians have no alternative but to hate and then kill in imaginary self-defense?
(a) The religious leaders encourage them to hate others.
(b) Christians know there is a time to kill, as well as a time to heal.
(c) They are trying to convert others but fail.
(d) Christians try and fail to love continually.

3. What is World Vision?
(a) An American Christian charity bringing supplies to refugees.
(b) A Muslim organization bringing the teachings of Mohammed to other cultures.
(c) A Buddhist charity bringing peace to other cultures.
(d) An American optometrist organization bringing glasses to the underpriveledged.

4. With what magazine does Vonnegut travel to Mozambique in 1990 to write an article?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Parade.
(d) US News and World Report.

5. What causes the author's mother's untreated insanity?
(a) Her addiction to cocaine.
(b) A traumatic experience.
(c) Her mean husband.
(d) Alcohol and prescribed barbituates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vonnegut meet his first wife?

2. What does Vonnegut never think he owes to himself or the world?

3. When does Vonnegut get sick?

4. What art form does Kurt Vonnegut Sr. take up after he retires?

5. Who sponsors Vonnegut's 1990 trip to Mozambique?

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