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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vonnegut notes that more people were killed in Dresden than. . .
(a) have died from cancer in the last two years.
(b) during the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) have ever died in automobile accidents.
(d) than died in the Concentration Camps.

2. What does Vonnegut tell his sons about massacres?
(a) That they are a necessary part of human history.
(b) That they are excusable if done for a good reason.
(c) Not to be involved in them, or take glee from them.
(d) To run away from them if at all possible.

3. What does his father notice about Vonnegut's books?
(a) Vonnegut has burned every one of them.
(b) They are all about the war.
(c) None of them have been published.
(d) None of them have villains.

4. What is unusual about Billy Pilgrim?
(a) He cannot remember his war experiences.
(b) He does not like fighting.
(c) He is an optometrist who is blind.
(d) He has become

5. Why does Mary O'Hare get angry at Kurt Vonnegut?
(a) He gets her husband drunk in the kitchen.
(b) He ignores her when she asks questions.
(c) He refuses to drink the tea she offers.
(d) She thinks he is going to glorify soldiers in war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Tralfamadorans say when a person dies?

2. How does Billy's son Robert straighten out his life?

3. What happens to Billy in 1968?

4. When does Billy make his first public speech?

5. Which college did Vonnegut attend?

(see the answer key)

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