Slaughterhouse-Five: Study Help: Quiz

1: What position does Billy Pilgrim hold in the U.S. Army?

a. Cavalry

b. Scout

c. Chaplain's assistant

d. Infantry

2: According to the Tralfamadorians, out of 100 inhabited planets, only the people of Earth talk about what?

a. Free will

b. War

c. Revenge

d. Death

3: Who is in the bed next to Billy's during his stay in the mental wing of the veterans' hospital?

a. No one; he is alone.

b. Kilgore Trout

c. Eliot Rosewater

d. Paul Lazzaro

4: After the war, Billy begins a career as what?

a. A writer

b. A pilot

c. A chaplain

d. An optometrist

5: Who is Howard W. Campbell?

a. An English prisoner of war

b. An American prisoner of war

c. An American Nazi

d. A Red Cross representative

6: Who stands up to Howard W. Campbell?

a. Billy Pilgrim

b. Edgar Derby

c. Paul Lazzaro

d. Roland Weary

7: How does Billy's wife Valencia die?

a. Carbon monoxide poisoning

b. Airplane crash

c. Brain aneurysm

d. Heart attack

8: What was Montana Wildhack's profession on Earth?

a. Porn actress

b. Secretary

c. Dignitary

d. Optometrist

9: How does Edgar Derby die?

a. He is shot by German soldiers for plundering.

b. He is killed during the bombing of Dresden.

c. He is shot by an American fighter plane.

d. He dies of starvation.

10: Which character is described in this quotation: "He is in a constant state of stage fright . . . because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next."

a. Edgar Derby

b. Paul Lazzaro

c. Kilgore Trout

d. Billy Pilgrim

11: Billy is elected president of what Ilium, New York, organization?

a. Rotary Club

b. Lions Club

c. American Optometric Association

d. Association of Professional Chaplains

12: Who is the only character who takes Billy's talk about Tralfamadorians seriously?

a. Valencia Merdle Pilgrim

b. Bertram Rumfoord

c. Kilgore Trout

d. Eliot Rosewater

13: The verses from "Away in a Manger" in the novel's Epigraph create a connection between Billy Pilgrim and

a. the three wise men.

b. the Virgin Mary.

c. Jesus Christ.

d. cattle.

14: When Billy has his picture taken with German soldiers, what is the picture to be used for?

a. As a war souvenir for the German soldiers.

b. As Proof in his court martial.

c. As Proof that Billy was captured but is still alive.

d. For German propaganda.

15: Billy is kidnapped by Tralfamadorians on the night of what event?

a. The bombing of Dresden

b. His son's induction into the Green Berets

c. His father's funeral

d. His daughter's wedding

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