The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Quizzes

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Quiz 1

1 What type of shoe do the Pranksters mistrust?
leather

brown

patterned

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

wrestling

football

baseball
3 What city is Tom Wolfe from?
New York

San Francisco

Philadelphia

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

in Los Angeles

in jail

in the warehouse
5 Which Prankster is a Vietnam vet?
Hassler

Zonker

Babbs

Kesey
6 All of these authors are considered pioneers in New Journalism except for which one?
Hunter S. Thompson

John Updike

Joan Didion

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

Haight-Ashbury

The North Beach

The Wharf
8 Where does Wolfe have to use the bathroom at the warehouse?
a gas station

the bus

he has to hold it

somebody's house
9 When Wolfe arrives, what does the sign on the bus say?
Acid Test Graduation

Welcome Home Ken

The Merry Pranksters Welcome The Beatles

Furthur
10 Which Prankster has a baby?
Mountain Girl

Babbs

Stark Naked

Zonker
11 Which newspaper tries to interview Kesey upon his release from jail?
Esquire

The Times

The Chronicle

The Oracle
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?
University of Oregon

UC Berkeley

Stanford

Columbia
14 What was Kesey's father?
a soldier

a salesman

a farmer

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

Furthur

Magical Mystery Tour

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

Larry McMurtry

Vic Lovell

Randle McMurphy
17 Which Prankster was friends with Jack Kerouac?
Randle McMurphy

Ken Kesey

Neil Cassady

Zonker
18 Which author wrote "The Doors to Perception?"
George Orwell

Ken Kesey

Aldous Huxley

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

the Venezuelan government

the FBI

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

La Honda

Bakersfield

San Francisco
21 Who is the star of the Broadway version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?"
Martin Sheen

Jack Nicholson

Randle McMurphy

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

chess pieces

rusted furniture

squirrels
23 Which Prankster was a teenage runaway?
the Hermit

Zonker

Babbs

Mountain Girl
24 What palace does Wolfe compare Kesey's house to?
Versailles

Buckingham Palace

the Forbidden City

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

a fashion show

a Beatles concert

the World's Fair