Breakfast of Champions Quizzes

Breakfast of Champions Quiz 1

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

Science-fiction writer

Businessman

Janitor
2 What is Dwayne Hoover's profession?
Business owner

Piano player

Cocktail waiter

Science-fiction writer
3 Who runs the Sacred Miracle Cave?
Bunny Hoover

Kilgore Trout

Bonnie MacMahon

Lyle and Kyle Hoover
4 What is the term used to describe what many Americans own?
Zilch

Doodley-squat

Zero

Nada
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?
Kilgore Trout

Dwayne Hoover

Don Breedlove

Beatrice Keedsler
7 Which of the following is a millionaire?
Francine Pefko

Eliot Rosewater

Wayne Hoobler

Don Breedlove
8 What does the letter that Trout receives from Eliot Rosewater say?
That he should be President

It is a death threat

That he is invited to the arts festival

That they are brothers
9 Which character looks like a "Chinaman"?
Dwayne's stepfather

Kilgore Trout

The Pyramid truck driver

Fred T. Barry
10 Who does Bill the parakeet belong to?
Kilgore Trout

Harry LeSabre

Mary Alice Miller

Wayne Hoobler
11 What city does Trout visit before going to Midland City?
Detroit

Boston

Chicago

New York City
12 What is Harry LeSabre's secret?
He is going insane

He is a transexual

He wants to quit his job at the Pontiac agency

He is in love with Dwayne
13 What is the motto of The Robo-Magic Corporation of America?
Goodbye, Blue Monday

Let Us Do Your Nigger Work!

Etc.

And so on
14 Whose wardrobe does Dwayne criticize?
Harry LeSabre

Bunny Hoover

Wayne Hoobler

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

Easter

Veteran's Day

Christmas
16 What does the narrator blame Dwayne Hoover's insanity on?
Anger

Bad chemicals

Creative frustration

Sexual 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"

"Plague on Wheels"

"This Means You"

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

"Who are you?"

"What is the purpose of life?"

"Where am I?"
20 Who approaches Trout on Forty-Second Street?
Dwayne Hoover

The narrator

A madman

Two black prostitutes
21 Who is Trout's attack blamed on?
The manager of the movie theater

The Pluto Gang

The black prostitutes

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

In his car

The new Holiday Inn

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

Egypt

Fast

Anchor
24 Where does Dwayne Hoover first meet Wayne Hoobler?
In the Pontiac agency parking lot

Inside the Pontiac agnecy

On the street

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

Fairy Land

Infinity

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