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Quiz about Kerouac Extravaganza
Quiz about Kerouac Extravaganza

Kerouac Extravaganza Trivia Quiz


Assorted stuff from the Duluoz Legend,as Kerouac referred to his novels...

A multiple-choice quiz by yankeedog. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
yankeedog
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
154,060
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
576
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was the name of the featured family in "The Town and the City"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the narrator's name in "On the Road"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who was Leo's girlfriend in "The Subterraneans"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Dean and Sal were stranded for hours while hitchhiking in this town in "On the Road". Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which novel was, basically,transcripts of stoned ramblings by Kerouac and Cassady? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In which book do the narrator and his mother take the bus to Mexico? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What American poet served as the model for Japhy Ryder in "The Dharma Bums"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of Kerouac's novels featured a religious hallucination on the part of the narrator? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The Ginsberg character in several of the novels is named "Irwin Garden". What's interesting about this alias? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Several pages of "Desolation Angels" are given over to a play-by-play account of a baseball game that Kerouac made up himself.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the name of the featured family in "The Town and the City"?

Answer: Martin

A common surname in both English and French.
2. What was the narrator's name in "On the Road"?

Answer: Sal Paradise

The name came from a misreading of Ginsberg's writing "sad paradise" in a letter to Kerouac.
3. Who was Leo's girlfriend in "The Subterraneans"?

Answer: Mardou Fox

Kerouac moved the story from NY to San Francisco at the urgent request of the woman on whom the girlfriend was modeled.
4. Dean and Sal were stranded for hours while hitchhiking in this town in "On the Road".

Answer: Stuart

A real town in Iowa which ought to have a statue commemorating the scene...
5. Which novel was, basically,transcripts of stoned ramblings by Kerouac and Cassady?

Answer: Visions of Cody

A great book, though it's not a novel in the typical sense of the word.
6. In which book do the narrator and his mother take the bus to Mexico?

Answer: Lonesome Traveler

Kerouac's fanatic attachment to his mother was at the root of many of his problems.
7. What American poet served as the model for Japhy Ryder in "The Dharma Bums"?

Answer: Gary Snyder

Snyder is still a prominent poet today.
8. Which of Kerouac's novels featured a religious hallucination on the part of the narrator?

Answer: Big Sur

Kerouac was a gentle soul and the pressures of international fame were way too much for him to handle.
9. The Ginsberg character in several of the novels is named "Irwin Garden". What's interesting about this alias?

Answer: "Irwin" is Ginsberg's given first name.

James Paul McCartney and Thomas Woodrow Wilson are other famous people who have dropped their first names.
10. Several pages of "Desolation Angels" are given over to a play-by-play account of a baseball game that Kerouac made up himself.

Answer: True

Kerouac made the baseball game up as a kid and played it the rest of his life.
Source: Author yankeedog

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