Breakfast of Champions Quizzes

Breakfast of Champions Quiz 1

1 What is Kilgore Trout's profession that makes him famous?
Janitor

Businessman

Science-fiction writer

Garbage Man
2 What is Dwayne Hoover's profession?
Piano player

Science-fiction writer

Cocktail waiter

Business owner
3 Who runs the Sacred Miracle Cave?
Lyle and Kyle Hoover

Bonnie MacMahon

Bunny Hoover

Kilgore Trout
4 What is the term used to describe what many Americans own?
Zilch

Doodley-squat

Zero

Nada
5 Where are Trout's stories published?
Pornographic literature

On the backs of other novels

Random House

In his backyard
6 Who wins the Nobel Peace Prize?
Beatrice Keedsler

Don Breedlove

Dwayne Hoover

Kilgore Trout
7 Which of the following is a millionaire?
Wayne Hoobler

Don Breedlove

Francine Pefko

Eliot Rosewater
8 What does the letter that Trout receives from Eliot Rosewater say?
That they are brothers

It is a death threat

That he should be President

That he is invited to the arts festival
9 Which character looks like a "Chinaman"?
Fred T. Barry

Dwayne's stepfather

Kilgore Trout

The Pyramid truck driver
10 Who does Bill the parakeet belong to?
Kilgore Trout

Harry LeSabre

Wayne Hoobler

Mary Alice Miller
11 What city does Trout visit before going to Midland City?
Chicago

Boston

New York City

Detroit
12 What is Harry LeSabre's secret?
He is going insane

He wants to quit his job at the Pontiac agency

He is a transexual

He is in love with Dwayne
13 What is the motto of The Robo-Magic Corporation of America?
And so on

Let Us Do Your Nigger Work!

Etc.

Goodbye, Blue Monday
14 Whose wardrobe does Dwayne criticize?
Wayne Hoobler

Harry LeSabre

Francine Pefko

Bunny Hoover
15 What holiday is included in the timeframe of the story?
Christmas

Veteran's Day

Memorial Day

Easter
16 What does the narrator blame Dwayne Hoover's insanity on?
Sexual frustration

Anger

Bad chemicals

Creative frustration
17 What country is Cyprain Ukwende from?
South Africa

Nigeria

Kenya

America
18 What book turns Dwayne Hoover into a maniac?
"Now It Can Be Told"

"This Means You"

"Plague on Wheels"

"Gilgongo!"
19 What question does Trout read on the wall of the bathroom in the pornographic movie theater?
"Who are you?"

"What is the purpose of life?"

"Why?"

"Where am I?"
20 Who approaches Trout on Forty-Second Street?
A madman

The narrator

Two black prostitutes

Dwayne Hoover
21 Who is Trout's attack blamed on?
The black prostitutes

The Pluto Gang

The manager of the movie theater

One of his characters
22 Where does Dwayne sleep the night before his rampage?
In the street

In his home

The new Holiday Inn

In his car
23 What does it say on the side of the truck in which Trout hitches a ride?
Fast

Pyramid

Egypt

Anchor
24 Where does Dwayne Hoover first meet Wayne Hoobler?
Inside the Pontiac agnecy

In the kitchen of the new Holiday Inn

On the street

In the Pontiac agency parking lot
25 What is the name of Wayne Hoobler's imagined world?
Once Upon a Time Land

Fairy Land

Never Never Land

Infinity

Breakfast of Champions is Vonnegut's warning against the nature of Capitalism. It speaks to the American presence in Vietnam, racism, and the ecological destruction of the planet, each of which were socio-political concerns during the 1970s.

Asked by Marzan J #717994

Answered by jill d #170087 on 7/23/2019 2:23 AM