Slaughterhouse-five Quiz
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Senior Inquiry's quiz on Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five.
- 1.Slaughterhouse-Five focuses on the burning of:
- A.
Berlin
- B.
London
- C.
Hiroshima
- D.
Dresden
- 2.What do the Tralfamadorians resemble?
- A.
Windshield Wipers
- B.
Toilet Plungers
- C.
Humans
- D.
Golliwogs
- 3.Where is Billy Pilgrim from?
- A.
Ithaca, New York
- B.
Ilium, New York
- C.
New York, New York
- D.
Schenectady, New York
- 4.Of how many dimensions are Tralfamadorians aware?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Four
- 5.Following which event is Billy taken prisoner?
- A.
The bombing of Dresden
- B.
The Battle of the Buldge
- C.
The Children's Crusade
- D.
The Battle of Kursk
- 6.Why do the Tralfmadorians compare Billy to a bug trapped in amber?
- A.
Becuase Billy is skinny like a bug
- B.
Becuase Billy is trapped on Tralfamador
- C.
Because Billy has no control over his fate
- D.
Because Billy's mother's birthstone is amber
- 7.What single event makes Billy cry?
- A.
The death of Roland Weary
- B.
Tasting a spoonful of malt syrup
- C.
The sight of crippled men walking with crutches
- D.
The condition of the horses that pull the green wagon
- 8.Which of the following happens to Billy for the first time in Dresden?
- A.
He gets kidnapped by aliens
- B.
He comes unstuck in time
- C.
He sees a naked woman
- D.
He feels "animal magnetism"
- 9.Why is it ironic that the Serenity Prayer hangs in Billy's office?
- A.
Becuase he is skeptical of religion and views the prayer as farce
- B.
Becuase he recovered it from the ases of Dresden
- C.
Because it suggests the possibility of improving the world, which Billy thinks is impossible
- D.
Becuase it is a prayer for deliverance from evil, a concept that undermines the novel
- 10.How does Bertam Copeland Rumfoord respond to Billy's claim that he was in Dresden at the time of the firebombing?
- A.
He calls Billy a liar
- B.
He asks Billy for proof
- C.
He tried to change the subject
- D.
He asks to interview Billy for the book he's writing
- 11.What is inscribed in Montana Wildhack's silver locket?
- A.
The Serenity Prayer
- B.
The Lord's Prayer
- C.
"Billy Pilgrim"
- D.
"Tralfamadore"
- 12.In what format are Tralfamadorian books composed?
- A.
They are all composed on tape in audio format
- B.
They are all composed in small booklike computers that can change at will
- C.
They are composed of short telegram-like groups of symbols separated by stars
- D.
None. Tralfamadorians don't read books
- 13.On which US city does Billy say China will drop a hydrogen bomb in 1976?
- A.
New York City
- B.
Chicago
- C.
Los Angeles
- D.
Washington, DC
- 14.What question does Billy ask the aliens when he is abducted?
- A.
"Where are we going?"
- B.
"What is the meaning of life?"
- C.
"How does the world end?"
- D.
"Why me?"
- 15.Billy's physicality could best be described as:
- A.
Tall and muscular
- B.
Tall but strong
- C.
Tall and weak
- D.
Short and fat
- 16.Billy was trained to be a/an:
- A.
Paratrooper
- B.
Anti-tank gunner
- C.
Chaplain's assistant
- D.
Scout
- 17.Wandering behind enemy lines, Billy falls in with
- A.
Two scouts and an anti-tank gunner
- B.
Bernard O'Hare and Kurt Vonnegut
- C.
Three scouts called the "Three Musketeers"
- D.
None of the above
- 18.Tralfamadorians experience time:
- A.
Backwards
- B.
All at once, with things happening simultaneously
- C.
Forwards, then backwards
- D.
Backwards, then forwards
- 19.Billy's attitude towards everything that befalls him could best be described as:
- A.
Angry and violent
- B.
Passive and accepting
- C.
Resentful and defiant
- D.
Happy and sad
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