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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is God's movie in Chapter 6?
(a) Us.
(b) The animals.
(c) The women.
(d) Nature.

2. What kind of animal does the group see floating in Chapter 21?
(a) A snake.
(b) A rat.
(c) An otter.
(d) A fish.

3. What is Kerouac's fictionalized name in Big Sur?
(a) John Kerouac.
(b) Jack Kenwick.
(c) John Duluoz.
(d) Jack Duluoz.

4. The narrator writes that the ferns are like those of the what Scripture in Chapter 5?
(a) Lankavatara.
(b) Svitarisha.
(c) Shiksara.
(d) Amantara.

5. On what day does the narrator say he began to get bored in Chapter 7?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives after the gang at the cabin in Chapter 18?

2. How high is the cliff the narrator sees the morning of Chapter 4?

3. Who wrote, "You go out in joy and in sadness you return"?

4. How old is the character of Arthur Ma?

5. Who does the narrator say is dead and that the sea took in Chapter 34?

(see the answer key)

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