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Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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Summary
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What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Billy Pilgrim
Roland Weary
Main Ideas
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What is the significance of the slaughterhouse in
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Billy Pilgrim
Bertram Copeland Rumfoord
Kurt Vonnegut
Tralfamadorians
Roland Weary
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Slaughterhouse-Five and the Vietnam War
The Postmodern Novel
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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1
of 5
In which city did Billy survive a firebombing?
Dresden
Dachau
Dieburg
Dreieich
2
of 5
What does Vonnegut's commentary as a character and an author add to the novel?
A more fictional interpretation
A more factual interpretation
A more absurd interpretation
A more vague interpretation
3
of 5
To which two people does Vonnegut dedicate the novel?
Mary O'Hare, Bernhard O'Hare
Roland Weary, Gerhard Müller
Mary O'Hare, Gerhard Müller
Bernhard O'Hare, Roland Weary
4
of 5
The Tralfamadorians' philosophies about ___ and ___ influence the narrative style of the novel.
Love and grief
Confusion and despair
War and peace
Time and death
5
of 5
What does the presence of Billy's son help to illustrate about Billy's war trauma?
Its lessening
Its unimportance
Its pervasiveness
Its growing influence
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