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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Vonnegut give credit to being the best English writer?
(a) Dickinson.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Malory.
(d) Andrewes.

2. Why did Vonnegut choose to go to college rather than take his dream job?
(a) He wanted more money for the job.
(b) He had no where to work up to.
(c) His dream job was the easy way out.
(d) College was the easy way out.

3. What did the government declare as a result of the reinstated free will?
(a) Marshall law.
(b) Martial law.
(c) Attack.
(d) War.

4. What assassin does Vonnegut mention?
(a) Hitler and the Nazi's.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) Lee Harvey Ozwald.
(d) He never mentions an assassin.

5. What do the observations of the animals suggest about evolution?
(a) It has failed us.
(b) It is innate.
(c) It is working.
(d) It is failing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe should be repudiated now that he is older?

2. What did Vonnegut argue women tended to be?

3. Who does Vonnegut send his pages of work to?

4. What item did Trout acquire after the timequake's end?

5. What does Vonnegut realize about socialism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the hospital turned into a barracks?

2. Describe Vonnegut's step grandmother.

3. What does Vonnegut want in a family?

4. What does Trout find after the timequake that he becomes destructive with?

5. What does Trout do when the timequake ends?

6. Discuss what Vonnegut sees as the difference between his work and his brother's.

7. What does Vonnegut think a future study should be?

8. Describe what Vonnegut thinks about humans and their choices in life.

9. Who does Vonnegut consider the best English author?

10. What happens to traffic after the timequake ends?

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