Ken Kesey

Start Free Trial

Ken Kesey Quiz

Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, is a legend among writers. Test your knowledge of this complex man with eNotes' Ken Kesey Quiz! Contains nine questions about Kesey's life and his writing. 

  1. Kesey was a champion in which sport during high school and college?

    Question Answer Choices

  2. Where did Kesey first try LSD?

    Question Answer Choices

  3. Which famous band often performed at Kesey's "Acid Tests"?

    Question Answer Choices

  4. For what was Kesey arrested?

    Question Answer Choices

  5. After spending eight months in jail, where did Kesey spend the rest of his life?

    Question Answer Choices

  6. What magazine was the last to publish any of Kesey's works?

    Question Answer Choices

  7. The motto of the group Kesey founded, "The Merry Pranksters", was "Never trust a ____________."

    Question Answer Choices

  8. What was Ken Kesey's middle name?

    Question Answer Choices

  9. True or False: To escape sentencing, Kesey faked his own death

    Question Answer Choices

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare