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Dharma Bums Quiz 1

  • 1. In what decade was The Dharma Bums first published?
    •     1940s
    •     1950s
    •     1960s
    •     1970s

  • 2. The Dharma Bums is best described as
    •     semi-autobiographical
    •     wholly fictional
    •     autobiographical
    •     none of the above

  • 3. Jack Kerouac and his friends are members of
    •     The Lost Generation
    •     Generation X
    •     The Silent Generation
    •     The Beat Generation

  • 4. Kerouac was born in
    •     Montana
    •     Ohio
    •     Connecticut
    •     Massachusetts

  • 5. Which one of the following works was not written by Jack Kerouac?
    •     The Back Country
    •     On the Road
    •     Big Sur
    •     Visions of Cody

  • 6. Kerouac's writing style is best described as
    •     allegorical
    •     spontaneous
    •     hyperbolized
    •     formulaic

  • 7. Japhy Ryder is based off of which of Kerouac's real-life friends?
    •     Neal Cassady
    •     Philip Whalen
    •     Allan Ginsberg
    •     Gary Snyder

  • 8. Off of which of Kerouac's acquaintances is the character Henry Morley based?
    •     John Montgomery
    •     Will Petersen
    •     Locke McCorkle
    •     Allan Ginsberg

  • 9. What is "satori?"
    •     a term meaning "teaching"
    •     a riddle proposed by a Zen Master
    •     adherence to one's own principles
    •     sudden enlightenment

  • 10. What is "yabyum?"
    •     The highest stage of meditation
    •     A simple but hearty dish of oats and bacon
    •     A Tibetan sexual rite
    •     The process of coming into existence as a mortal creature

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