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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV What Do You Think of My Buddha?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the "straight" life?
(a) They pretend they are smart and they are not
(b) They play high-tech games that they don't understand
(c) They are good people but not interesting
(d) They are involved in games and not conscious of them

2. What kind of shoes do the Pranksters hate the most?
(a) Black Matte Shoes
(b) Black Shiny Shoes
(c) High-heeled shoes
(d) Unshined shoes

3. What style of writing does Wolfe describe he's using in telling this story?
(a) Hysterical Journalism
(b) Hysterical Realism
(c) Simple prose
(d) Magical Realism

4. Who is Gary Goldhill?
(a) A tourist curious to meet Kesey
(b) An English songwriter
(c) An English reporter for the Oracle
(d) Kesey's equivalent in the U.K.

5. Where was Kesey born and raised?
(a) In Portland, Oregon
(b) No one really knows and he won't tell.
(c) La Junta, Colorado. Raised in Springfield, Oregon.
(d) In La Honda, California

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Pransters call Kesey?

2. What has the Vietnam vet Babbs written and shown to Wolfe?

3. What does Kesey say happened to him in Mexico?

4. How was Kesey's novel received?

5. What is the Bladder Totem?

(see the answer key)

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