The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Quizzes

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Quiz 1

By Lane Davis · Edited by Jordan Reid Berkow · Last reviewed December 11, 2007

1 What type of shoe do the Pranksters mistrust?

brown

patterned

shiny

leather
2 What sport was Kesey involved in during college?

soccer

football

wrestling

baseball
3 What city is Tom Wolfe from?

Philadelphia

Kansas City

San Francisco

New York
4 Where does Wolfe first meet Kesey?

in the warehouse

in jail

in Los Angeles

at an Acid Test
5 Which Prankster is a Vietnam vet?

Kesey

Babbs

Hassler

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

Joan Didion

Hunter S. Thompson

John Updike

Tom Wolfe
7 Which area of San Francisco were the Beats associated with?

Haight-Ashbury

The North Beach

The Embarcadero

The Wharf
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?

Furthur

Acid Test Graduation

Welcome Home Ken

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

Stark Naked

Mountain Girl

Zonker

Babbs
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?

Lao Tzu

The Book of God

The I Ching

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

Columbia

University of Oregon

UC Berkeley

Stanford
14 What was Kesey's father?

a farmer

a mechanic

a salesman

a soldier
15 What is the name of the community in Palo Alto?

Magical Mystery Tour

Beat Group

Perry Lane

Furthur
16 What is the name of the main character of Kesey's first novel?

Randle McMurphy

Vic Lovell

Nurse

Larry McMurtry
17 Which Prankster was friends with Jack Kerouac?

Neil Cassady

Zonker

Ken Kesey

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

Babbs

George Orwell

Aldous Huxley

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

the Venezuelan government

the army

the CIA

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

San Francisco

La Honda

Berkeley

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

Michael Douglas

Jack Nicholson

Randle McMurphy

Martin Sheen
22 What objects do the Pranksters find that first inspire them to "rap?"

rusted furniture

squirrels

old guns

chess pieces
23 Which Prankster was a teenage runaway?

Babbs

Zonker

Mountain Girl

the Hermit
24 What palace does Wolfe compare Kesey's house to?

the Taj Mahal

the Forbidden City

Versailles

Buckingham Palace
25 What event are the Pranksters planning to attend in New York?

a Beatles concert

an Andy Warhol art exhibit

a fashion show

the World's Fair

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