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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, 17 & 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which author does the narrator say wrote the inanities of the sea because he wasn't going to do it when he's dead?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Pollack.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Poe.

2. What is Cody's son's name?
(a) Billy John.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Timmy John.
(d) Johnny.

3. What author's book does the narrator begin reading in Chapter 17?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Bill Carroway.
(d) Henry Farron.

4. What drink does the narrator drink at the bar throughout the book?
(a) Double gin and tonics.
(b) Double martinis.
(c) Double bourbons and gingerale.
(d) Double manhattans.

5. Who does the narrator quote from "Self Reliance" in Chapter 7?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cody sitting in front of when the narrator arrives in Chapter 13?

2. Who is the beatnik painter passed out on the bed in Chapter 1?

3. In the forward to the book, to what writer does Kerouac compare his works?

4. Where are the narrator and his friends driving in Chapter 13?

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

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