Vonnegut Trivia

Test Your Vonnegut IQ with these questions about Kurt’s life and work. 

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In Jailbird, Walter F. Starbuck discovers that which of his former lovers is the notorious Mrs. Jack Graham, majority stockholder in the RAMJAC Corporation?

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What was Kurt Vonnegut Senior’s occupation?

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Which of the following titles was Vonnegut’s second published novel?

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What is the real name of the prophet Bokonon in Cat’s Cradle?

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What is the subtitle found on the title page of the novel Slapstick?

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What are foma?

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In Breakfast of Champions, Harry LeSabre, the sales manager at Dwayne Hoover’s Exit Eleven Pontiac Village, has a secret. What is it?

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The protagonist and narrator of Hocus Pocus is named after which prominent labor organizer.

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In Player Piano, what is the name of the group of workers and engineers who strike out against the machines in order to restore a sense of worth to people’s lives?

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Which Vonnegut novel begins with the following sentence: “A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.”

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