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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Vonnegut good with guns?
(a) He has watched many war movies.
(b) He is a Private First Class.
(c) His dad taught him how to shoot a gun.
(d) He is part of the NRA.

2. Vonnegut defends what freedom?
(a) Freedom of assembly.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) Freedom of religion.
(d) Freedom of speech.

3. What is the date of Vonnegut's requiem's premier?
(a) March 13, 1988.
(b) March 13, 1998.
(c) October 13, 1998.
(d) October 13, 1988.

4. What is Vonnegut's opinion of Charlton Heston's commercials advocating that civilians keep military weapons?
(a) Vonnegut believes military weapons, like loathsome germs, kill people every day and does not approve of the commercials.
(b) He would like to be able to join Heston in the commercials.
(c) He finds them to be entertaining.
(d) Vonnegut sees nothing wrong with encouraging the general public to carry military weapons.

5. He compares his adventures at Lake Maxincuckee to what explorer?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Leif Ericson.
(d) Franz Ferdinand.

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

7. What does Vonnegut tell 1990 graduates of the University of Rhode Island?
(a) They should enjoy this day, because real life begins tomorrow.
(b) He wishes he could have been a graduate of the University of Rhode Island.
(c) College is a waste of time, and they should make the world their university.
(d) Colleges should spread the important stuff over four years, instead of saving it all up for the very end.

8. What does Vonnegut miss from his youth?
(a) The Fourth of July Fireworks.
(b) Freedom from knowing humans will render the planet uninhabitable.
(c) Friends from school.
(d) The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

9. Vonnegut uses examinations of history, literature, psychology and what else to move his story forward?
(a) automobiles.
(b) dance.
(c) fashion.
(d) art.

10. What does Vonnegut believe all women bottle inside of themselves, which his mother releases unwittingly at midnight?
(a) Carbon dioxide.
(b) Hydrofluoric acid.
(c) Hydrochloric acid.
(d) Hydrogen dioxide.

11. 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?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 20 years.

12. What novel about the state of people's portable souls does Jane ask Vonnegut to read?
(a) The Brothers Grimm.
(b) Blood Diamond.
(c) The Brothers Karamazov.
(d) Blood Brothers.

13. How do the author and Jill meet?
(a) At a baseball game.
(b) At a movie premiere.
(c) At an art gallery.
(d) At a production of a Vonnegut play.

14. Although Jill attends private school and vacations with the rich as a child, how does she provide for herself as a grown woman?
(a) Teaching English.
(b) Marrying a wealthy man.
(c) Her photography and children's books.
(d) Running her own restaurant.

15. What does Vonnegut believe about professional artists' opinions on vocal third parties, such as critics, curators, and collectors?
(a) They are happiest when they do not have to worry about other's opinions.
(b) They constantly ask for approval from critics, curators, and collectors.
(c) They love to create work for collectors.
(d) They like to receive criticism from third parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What limits Algren's popularity?

2. Of what consisting of upper and lower houses is Hemingway a member?

3. When does Vonnegut get sick?

4. What does the Reverend oppose?

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

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