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Cat's Cradle Flashcards

1
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Who is Senator McCarthy?

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Trying to prove American’s were communist.

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Why did Claire Minton clarify the “Americans are hated” statement? Why are they hated?

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How the world really is… everyone is created equal… when in reality it isn’t the truth. Everyone hates one another.

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Why did Frank give up his American citizenship?

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Fugitive. Freud to other place.

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What does the statement “Pay no attention to Caesar. Caesar doesn’t have the slightest idea what’s really going on” mean?

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Government- pay no attention. Everyday people understand more than the government.

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What makes a good society, according to Bokonon?

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Providing dynamic between good and evil.

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Why is Bokonon happy that “bad” “Papa” Monzano exists?

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Face of evil, tension.

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Who is Saint Augustine?

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Drunkard, reborn strict person.

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How did Johnson end up on San Lorenzo?

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?

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What does Bokonon’s poem “Be like a baby,/The Bible say,/So I stay like a baby/ To this very day” mean?

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Open and initials.

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How did Johnson become Bokonon?

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Pronunciation.

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Why didn’t Hazel Crosby ask Newt to call her mom?

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Didn’t want to be-little him.

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What does the author know Newt and Angela have brought on the plane with them?

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Ice-nine.

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Why doesn’t Angela want to tell the author anything about that day?

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What Dr. Breed told her not to.

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What does Angela believe her father is?

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A Saint.

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Who is Frank getting married to (which is why they’re going to San Lorenzo)?

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Mona.

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What is impressive about Angela’s “accordion” of pictures (karass vs. granfallon)?

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Kin and not know. Perfect picture of everyone in picture. Karass cut across from everyone in society.

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17
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How did Dr. Hoenikker die?

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In his chair. Didn’t suffer at all. Ice-nine?

18
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What does Angela’s husband do? Why does this worry the author (implied)?

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Founder of Fabri-Tek. No idea…weapons manager.

19
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What is funny about Nestor Aamons’s path to San Lorenzo?

A

?

20
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What was Claire Minton able to tell about Philip Castle from the index of his book?

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Self-indulgent, he is homosexual.

21
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Why were Johnson and McCabe able to rise to power in San Lorenzo?

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Anarchy, no one everyone was asked to take it. worthless.

22
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What is the history of San Lorenzo?

A

?

23
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Why was the island never attacked?

A

Little, ran down.

24
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What did McCabe and Johnson want to create the island into?

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Utokia.

25
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What perspective did Newt take on his romance with Zinka?

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Broke his heart, looks at all good things that happened.

26
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Why does the author admire Newt?

A

Head on his shoulder, say most awkward and bad things.

27
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What makes a man a “pissant,” according to H. Lowe Crosby?

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Being a know it all.

28
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What is ironic about Crosby’s definition of a “pissant”?

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He is one himself.

29
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Why did Newt, Crosby, and the author have a “granfalloon festival”?

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Went to Cornell. Looking for super fictional things.

30
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What does Newt say his occupation is?

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Painter, artist.

31
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How many cities are on San Lorenzo?

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One.

32
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How many citizens does San Lorenzo have per square mile?

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450 people per 40 square mile.

33
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What is the warning about practicing Bokononism?

A

Get the hook.

34
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Who is “wanted dead or alive”?

A

Bokonon.

35
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How do Bokononists “(mingle) their souls”?

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Touching feet together.

36
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What do the citizens of San Lorenzo look like?

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Super thin, oatmeal color, poor no clothes.

37
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What is the tune of the national anthem?

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Home on the Range.

38
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Why couldn’t the author “observe” Frank and “Papa” very well?

A

So beautiful can’t stop looking at her. Sees them out of the corner of their eyes.

39
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Why did “Papa” adopt Mona?

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Papa confuse, practice stuff hook wanted to look confused.

40
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What is the holiday that is about to occur in San Lorenzo?

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Hunger and marter games.

41
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What else will occur on that day?

A

Official engagement.

42
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What happened to “Papa” at the end of the chapter?

A

Collapsed.

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