1 In what decade was The Dharma Bums first published? 1940s 1960s 1950s 1970s 2 The Dharma Bums is best described as semi-autobiographical autobiographical wholly fictional none of the above 3 Jack Kerouac and his friends are members of The Lost Generation The Beat Generation The Silent Generation Generation X 4 Kerouac was born in Massachusetts Connecticut Ohio Montana 5 Which one of the following works was not written by Jack Kerouac? On the Road The Back Country Visions of Cody Big Sur 6 Kerouac's writing style is best described as formulaic allegorical spontaneous hyperbolized 7 Japhy Ryder is based off of which of Kerouac's real-life friends? Philip Whalen Neal Cassady Allan Ginsberg Gary Snyder 8 Off of which of Kerouac's acquaintances is the character Henry Morley based? John Montgomery Allan Ginsberg Will Petersen Locke McCorkle 9 What is "satori?" adherence to one's own principles a riddle proposed by a Zen Master sudden enlightenment a term meaning "teaching" 10 What is "yabyum?" A simple but hearty dish of oats and bacon The highest stage of meditation A Tibetan sexual rite The process of coming into existence as a mortal creature 11 Who does Ray call "the first genuine Dharma Bum I'd met?" Sean Monahan Alvah Goldbook Japhy Ryder the old man he meets on the train 12 Where does Ray first meet Japhy? Walking down the street At Gallery Six, reciting his poetry As a driver while Ray is hitchhiking On a freight train 13 When Ray first mentions visiting Japhy, which of the following items is not present in his little shack? Books Wooden shoes Cooking apparatuses Wooden chairs 14 How does Japhy react when Ray, Alvah, and Warren Coughlin bring wine to his shack and interrupt his studying? With confusion With enthusiasm With calmness With consternation 15 Which of the following is not a reason that Ray is reluctant to fully participate in yabyum? He is afraid to take his clothes off He professes that the physical world is "illusory" He fears that Princess is being taken advantage of He has vowed to be celibate 16 Ray admires Japhy for many of his personal qualities; which of the following is not among them? His simplicity His uncompromising resistance to non-Buddhist teaching His leadership skills His charitable nature 17 Which of the following is not a characteristic of Henry Morley? He is absent-minded He drinks excessively He is extremely garrulous He has experience with mountain-climbing 18 Why does Morley have to return to the car only shortly after the trio begin their mountain hike? He has forgotten to drain the crankshaft He has forgotten to put on his hiking boots He has forgotten his sleeping bag He has forgotten his share of food 19 What happens when Ray sees Japhy bounding down from the peak of Matterhorn? He decides to try to climb the mountain himself He concludes that Japhy is crazy Nothing; he doesn't notice Japhy's descent He realizes that "You can't fall off a mountain" 20 How does Ray get down from Matterhorn? He follows a deer's path He follows his friends He navigates using the stars in the darkening sky He follows the river 21 According to Ray, what is Japhy's "Achilles heel?" He is afraid to spend money at middle-class establishments He doubts his own abilities He has a tendency to under-pack for hiking trips He is so sprightly that he often leaves his friends behind 22 What gift does Japhy give Ray before he heads off to visit his family? A sturdy canteen A pair of gloves A bent tablespoon Self-made trail mix 23 What do the Skid Row denizens think that the protagonist is setting off to do wearing his rucksack? Go uranium hunting Hunt for deer Hitchhike across the United States Go camping 24 Why is Ray scornful toward those hanging around the Skid Row coffeehouse that he meets before he sets off to meet his family? They are too concerned with money They do not practice the fundamental virtue of charity They do not understand Buddhism They treat him disrespectfully 25 What did Rosie try to flush down the toilet at work? A piece of extremely dark poetry Some pages from her coworker's Bible A list of her friends' sins Proof that Cody embezzled money
