Breakfast of Champions Quizzes

Breakfast of Champions Quiz 1

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

Science-fiction writer

Garbage Man

Businessman
2 What is Dwayne Hoover's profession?
Science-fiction writer

Piano player

Cocktail waiter

Business owner
3 Who runs the Sacred Miracle Cave?
Kilgore Trout

Bunny Hoover

Lyle and Kyle Hoover

Bonnie MacMahon
4 What is the term used to describe what many Americans own?
Zero

Zilch

Nada

Doodley-squat
5 Where are Trout's stories published?
Random House

Pornographic literature

On the backs of other novels

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

Don Breedlove

Kilgore Trout

Dwayne Hoover
7 Which of the following is a millionaire?
Wayne Hoobler

Eliot Rosewater

Francine Pefko

Don Breedlove
8 What does the letter that Trout receives from Eliot Rosewater say?
That he is invited to the arts festival

It is a death threat

That they are brothers

That he should be President
9 Which character looks like a "Chinaman"?
Kilgore Trout

Fred T. Barry

The Pyramid truck driver

Dwayne's stepfather
10 Who does Bill the parakeet belong to?
Harry LeSabre

Wayne Hoobler

Kilgore Trout

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

New York City

Chicago

Boston
12 What is Harry LeSabre's secret?
He is a transexual

He is in love with Dwayne

He is going insane

He wants to quit his job at the Pontiac agency
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

Bunny Hoover

Harry LeSabre

Francine Pefko
15 What holiday is included in the timeframe of the story?
Easter

Memorial Day

Christmas

Veteran's Day
16 What does the narrator blame Dwayne Hoover's insanity on?
Creative frustration

Bad chemicals

Anger

Sexual frustration
17 What country is Cyprain Ukwende from?
Kenya

America

Nigeria

South Africa
18 What book turns Dwayne Hoover into a maniac?
"This Means You"

"Gilgongo!"

"Plague on Wheels"

"Now It Can Be Told"
19 What question does Trout read on the wall of the bathroom in the pornographic movie theater?
"Why?"

"Where am I?"

"Who are you?"

"What is the purpose of life?"
20 Who approaches Trout on Forty-Second Street?
Two black prostitutes

The narrator

Dwayne Hoover

A madman
21 Who is Trout's attack blamed on?
The Pluto Gang

The manager of the movie theater

One of his characters

The black prostitutes
22 Where does Dwayne sleep the night before his rampage?
In the street

The new Holiday Inn

In his home

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

Anchor

Egypt

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

On the street

In the Pontiac agency parking lot

In the kitchen of the new Holiday Inn
25 What is the name of Wayne Hoobler's imagined world?
Never Never Land

Infinity

Fairy Land

Once Upon a Time Land

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