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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mark's only crime against his government?

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

3. For Vonnegut writing books is like what?

4. Who does the author have die glamorously in an airplane crash into Mt. Kilimanjaro?

5. What tough question does Vonnegut's book "Player Piano" ask?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "Kilimanjaro Device" give as an alternative to Hemingway's shooting himself in the head?

2. How is RENAMO destroying the beautiful country of Mozambique?

3. What are two reasons Vonnegut is skeptical of Christianity?

4. Although the subtitle of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE is "The Children's Crusade," what are the average ages mentioned of those who died in war?

5. Why does Vonnegut believe Colonialism will bust up all cultures and create a Third World planet?

6. Why should many people take offense to privileged Vonnegut?

7. Why do the MIT graduates applaud politely but not take Vonnegut seriously?

8. What does Vonnegut mean when he tells the MIT graduates that they have the power to turn loose or reign in enormous forces?

9. Name two things Vonnegut mentions in his letter to the future.

10. What is Vonnegut's opinion on war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mental illness affects several discussed throughout the book.

Part 1) What could be the cause(s) of the Vonnegut family's mental illness?

Part 2) How does Vonnegut's mother's suicide affect his life?

Part 3) How might Vonnegut feel about his own son's mental illness?

Essay Topic 2

Vonnegut does not believe Liberty has yet to be born.

Part 1) Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Part 2) What can you do to bring about the birth of Liberty?

Part 3) How do you see progression of liberty over the next 100 years?

Essay Topic 3

Vonnegut believes all writers grow dated.

Part 1) Give a detailed example of proof that this belief could be true.

Part 2) Explain a similarity between Father's architecture career with this belief.

Part 3) How has this belief affected Vonnegut's own writing?

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