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Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Five Key Questions
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
Characters
Character List
Billy Pilgrim
Roland Weary
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot Analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
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Genre
Style
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Quotes
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War
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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
Bertram Copeland Rumfoord
Kurt Vonnegut
Tralfamadorians
Roland Weary
Further Study
Context
Slaughterhouse-Five and the Vietnam War
The Postmodern Novel
Movie Adaptations
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Context
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Further Study
Chapter 10 Quiz
1
of 5
According to Billy, the Tralfamadorians are more interested in Darwin than in ___.
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Christ
Billy
2
of 5
In Kilgore Trout's book The Big Board, aliens capture an earthling and ask him about which two things?
Darwin and golf
Christ and golf
Darwin and Christ
Christ and gold
3
of 5
What is its predicted population of the world by the year 2000?
2 billion
7 billion
9 billion
Zero
4
of 5
In Dresden after the firebombing, where do the prisoners spend two nights?
In subterranean caverns
In the ruined streets
In the meat locker
In the stable
5
of 5
Edgar Derby is arrested and convicted of plundering, then executed by firing squad. What did he take?
A teapot
A silver locket
A flamethrower
A book
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