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Kurt Vonnegut Exam With Approved Questions and
Answers | Graded A+
When was he born? - Correct Answer-November 11, 1922
Where was he born? - Correct Answer-Indianapolis, Indiana
Who was his mother? - Correct Answer-Edith who was the daughter of a wealthy
Indianapolis brewer
What did his father do as a job? - Correct Answer-architect
Who was his wife and where did he meet her? - Correct Answer-Jane Cox at his private
school
What eventually happened to Kurt and Edith? - Correct Answer-they became addicted to
drugs and alcohol
What did Vonnegut do in high school and college? - Correct Answer-wrote for the student
paper
Influence from journalist writing styles: - Correct Answer-Get the facts write, form complete
sentences, know the auidence
Where did he go to college and what did he study? - Correct Answer-Cornell, chemistry and
later journalism
What was the name of the student paper Vonnegut was the managing editor of? - Correct
Answer-The Sun
At what age did he enter WW2? - Correct Answer-20
What battle was Vonnegut almost captured by the Germans? - Correct Answer-Battle of the
Bulge
Where was he sent during WW2? - Correct Answer-as a POW to Dresden, Germany
What did his mother die of? - Correct Answer-drug overdose
How did Vonnegut survive the bombing? - Correct Answer-because he was housed 60 feet
underground in a slaughter meat house
What was Vonnegut's job after the bombing? - Correct Answer-gather up and burn the
remains of the dead
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Kurt Vonnegut Exam With Approved Questions and
Answers | Graded A+
When was he born? - Correct Answer-November 11, 1922
Where was he born? - Correct Answer-Indianapolis, Indiana
Who was his mother? - Correct Answer-Edith who was the daughter of a wealthy
Indianapolis brewer
What did his father do as a job? - Correct Answer-architect
Who was his wife and where did he meet her? - Correct Answer-Jane Cox at his private
school
What eventually happened to Kurt and Edith? - Correct Answer-they became addicted to
drugs and alcohol
What did Vonnegut do in high school and college? - Correct Answer-wrote for the student
paper
Influence from journalist writing styles: - Correct Answer-Get the facts write, form complete
sentences, know the auidence
Where did he go to college and what did he study? - Correct Answer-Cornell, chemistry and
later journalism
What was the name of the student paper Vonnegut was the managing editor of? - Correct
Answer-The Sun
At what age did he enter WW2? - Correct Answer-20
What battle was Vonnegut almost captured by the Germans? - Correct Answer-Battle of the
Bulge
Where was he sent during WW2? - Correct Answer-as a POW to Dresden, Germany
What did his mother die of? - Correct Answer-drug overdose
How did Vonnegut survive the bombing? - Correct Answer-because he was housed 60 feet
underground in a slaughter meat house
What was Vonnegut's job after the bombing? - Correct Answer-gather up and burn the
remains of the dead
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