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The Dharma Bums | Quiz

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The Dharma Bums | Quiz

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1)

What is the name of the girlfriend of the answer to #63? (from Chapter 15)

Anne
Leia
Princess
Rosie
2)

What helps to clear away the fog during the day? (from Chapter 33)

Heat
Wind
Rain
Nothing
3)

What seems to extend for nearly 25 miles over Los Angeles? (from Chapter 17)

A smog cloud
Sorrow
Broken dreams
Peace
4)

Where does Ray go to when he catches a train, hobo-style after leaving Cody's house? (from Chapter 16)

Phoenix
El Paso
Chicago
Los Angeles
5)

When Ray and the truck driver get to the first city destination, where does the truck driver then offer to take Ray? (from Chapter 18)

Florida
North Carolina
Ohio
New York
6)

What is the name of the dog Ray and his brother-in-law fight about? (from Chapter 21)

Joe
Bob
Fluffy
Rover
7)

Ray realizes nobody is around to ___________ him. (from Chapter 33)

Teach
Understand
Help
Criticize
8)

Ray realizes while watching the weather that he doesn't know __________ anymore. (from Chapter 34)

Himself
His family
Anything
His mission
9)

The local man says they spend all their time trying to appear __________. (from Chapter 20)

Strong
Worried
Pious
Busy
10)

Ray considers Los Angeles to be __________________. (from Chapter 17)

The last stop
The home of beautiful beings
Hell on earth
The most perfect place
11)

Who accuses Ray of drinking too much? (from Chapter 27)

Princess
Christine
Alvah
Japhy
12)

To where does Ray hitchhike because he does not enjoy the trip with the drunk driver? (from Chapter 22)

El Paso
Phoenix
Santa Fe
Flagstaff
13)

What is the name of the professional truck driver Ray meets? (from Chapter 18)

Beau
Beaudry
Trucker Bob
Allen Booney
14)

What does Japhy do to his girlfriend before the boat departs? (from Chapter 30)

Throws her overboard
Tells her to never look at him again
Tells her he loves her
Hits her
15)

What does the other bum on the train tell Ray can be cured by standing on one's head and drinking honey with milk? (from Chapter 16)

Colds
Cancer
Allergies
Arthritis
16)

Who is the character that remains calm throughout the arguments referred to in #130? (from Chapter 26)

Ray
Sean
Japhy
Alvah
17)

What was the name of Japhy's girlfriend that tries to go to Japan with him? (from Chapter 30)

Psyche
Artemis
Princess
Hecate
18)

Who does Ray find to be cynical and even jaded as they continue to talk? (from Chapter 24)

Warren
Alvah
Japhy
Sean
19)

Who do the men around him tell stories of when they realize who Ray knows? (from Chapter 32)

Alvah
Japhy
Sean
Morley
20)

What month has begun at the beginning of this chapter? (from Chapter 34)

September
August
October
July
21)

Why don't the men do the thing that is the answer to #94? What are they afraid of being seen as? (from Chapter 20)

Crazies
Writers
Weirdos
Bums
22)

Who is NOT one of the people who comes to visit after the wild party at Sean and Christine's? (from Chapter 25)

Rosie
Alvah
Princess
Coughlin
23)

Where does Japhy intend to travel in order to study for a long period of time? (from Chapter 22)

Australia
Cambodia
Japan
China
24)

What kind of person is the fiance of Japhy's sister? (from Chapter 26)

Snobbish and snooty
Upper class
Middle class
Hippie
25)

Ray thinks Buddhism and Christianity truly are aspects of _________ reality. (from Chapter 16)

a single
universal
opposite
literal
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