Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"

Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"

Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.6

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Bridget Manning

Used 335+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What war did Vonnegut serve in?

World War I

World War II

Vietnam War

Korean War

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

TRUE or FALSE: Vonnegut was a POW (prisoner of War) in Dresden, Germany.

TRUE

FALSE

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The title of Kurt Vonnegut's most famous novel is...

"Harrison Bergeron"

"A Retrieved Reformation"

Slaughterhouse-Five

Breakfast of Champions

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"black comic voice" describes a __________________ tone

light-hearted

neutral

dark-humor

unstable

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

TRUE or FALSE: Vonnegut was an advocate for preserving Constitutional rights and freedoms.

TRUE

FALSE

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

TRUE or FALSE: Vonnegut believed that corporate greed and war would NOT lead to humanity's extinction.

TRUE

FALSE

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the real-life influences on Vonnegut's writing. PICK 2!

disintegration of his family

service in World War I

militarization of the U.S after 9/11

time spent at Harvard University

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