The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Quizzes

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Quiz 1

1 What type of shoe do the Pranksters mistrust?
patterned

leather

brown

shiny
2 What sport was Kesey involved in during college?
baseball

football

soccer

wrestling
3 What city is Tom Wolfe from?
Philadelphia

San Francisco

New York

Kansas City
4 Where does Wolfe first meet Kesey?
at an Acid Test

in the warehouse

in Los Angeles

in jail
5 Which Prankster is a Vietnam vet?
Zonker

Kesey

Hassler

Babbs
6 All of these authors are considered pioneers in New Journalism except for which one?
John Updike

Hunter S. Thompson

Tom Wolfe

Joan Didion
7 Which area of San Francisco were the Beats associated with?
Haight-Ashbury

The Wharf

The Embarcadero

The North Beach
8 Where does Wolfe have to use the bathroom at the warehouse?
somebody's house

the bus

a gas station

he has to hold it
9 When Wolfe arrives, what does the sign on the bus say?
Acid Test Graduation

Furthur

Welcome Home Ken

The Merry Pranksters Welcome The Beatles
10 Which Prankster has a baby?
Stark Naked

Babbs

Zonker

Mountain Girl
11 Which newspaper tries to interview Kesey upon his release from jail?
The Chronicle

The Times

The Oracle

Esquire
12 What is the name of the Chinese text that the Pranksters quote from?
The I Ching

Lao Tzu

The Book of God

The Tao of Pooh
13 Which university does Kesey attend for creative writing?
Columbia

Stanford

University of Oregon

UC Berkeley
14 What was Kesey's father?
a farmer

a soldier

a salesman

a mechanic
15 What is the name of the community in Palo Alto?
Beat Group

Magical Mystery Tour

Furthur

Perry Lane
16 What is the name of the main character of Kesey's first novel?
Larry McMurtry

Randle McMurphy

Vic Lovell

Nurse
17 Which Prankster was friends with Jack Kerouac?
Ken Kesey

Neil Cassady

Zonker

Randle McMurphy
18 Which author wrote "The Doors to Perception?"
Ken Kesey

George Orwell

Aldous Huxley

Babbs
19 Who sponsors the tests of LSD that Kesey signs up for?
the CIA

the army

the Venezuelan government

the FBI
20 What town does Kesey relocate to after Palo Alto?
La Honda

San Francisco

Berkeley

Bakersfield
21 Who is the star of the Broadway version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?"
Jack Nicholson

Randle McMurphy

Martin Sheen

Michael Douglas
22 What objects do the Pranksters find that first inspire them to "rap?"
old guns

squirrels

rusted furniture

chess pieces
23 Which Prankster was a teenage runaway?
Mountain Girl

Babbs

the Hermit

Zonker
24 What palace does Wolfe compare Kesey's house to?
Buckingham Palace

the Taj Mahal

the Forbidden City

Versailles
25 What event are the Pranksters planning to attend in New York?
an Andy Warhol art exhibit

the World's Fair

a Beatles concert

a fashion show