Big Sur Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Big Sur Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem has McLear recently written in Chapter 19?
(a) "Lonely Night."
(b) "Dark Brown."
(c) "Dark Blue."
(d) "Beat Bible."

2. What poet does the narrator refer to in Chapter 5 in relation to himself?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Rimbaud.
(c) Poe.
(d) Picard.

3. Where does the narrator say is "home" 3,000 miles away in Chapter 1?
(a) New Haven.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Queens.

4. Who does the narrator stay up all night talking gibberish with in Chapter 19?
(a) Dave Wain.
(b) Ron Blake.
(c) Arthur Ma.
(d) Pat McLear.

5. The narrator writes that the flies retreat at night like polite _____ flies in Chapter 5.
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Midnight.
(d) William Wordsworth.

6. What name did Cody's character have in "On the Road"?
(a) Neal Cassady.
(b) Jack Moriarty.
(c) Dean Cassady.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

7. Who is singing like Chet Baker in Chapter 19?
(a) Arthur Ma.
(b) Dave Wain.
(c) Ron Blake.
(d) Pat McLear.

8. Who is yelling in the living room when the narrator wakes up in Chapter 14?
(a) Alejandro Pascal.
(b) Lex Pascal.
(c) Lex Rosston.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

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

10. What is one of the two names the narrator planned on using as a code name in Chapter 1?
(a) Cody Pomeray.
(b) Adam Yulch.
(c) George Baso.
(d) James Joyce.

11. In his last line of Chapter 6, the narrator says the best thing is to not be what?
(a) A liar.
(b) A lover.
(c) A drunk.
(d) False.

12. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Bats.
(c) Bears.
(d) Rattlesnakes.

13. Which real-life person is the character Irwin in the book?
(a) Neal Cassady.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Lawrence Ferlinghtetti.

14. How old is the character of Arthur Ma?
(a) 23.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 41.

15. What book does Jack refer to reading in the cabin at 3 a.m. in Chapter 5?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde.
(c) Finnegan's Wake.
(d) Ulysses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Montesanto's nickname in college?

2. What did the narrator's mother write to tell him in Chapter 11?

3. Who does the narrator and his gang go to visit in the hospital in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 14, which character is described as a strange kid from Oregon with hair like Raul Castro?

5. What drink does the narrator drink at the bar throughout the book?

(see the answer keys)

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