Q.1
What dictionary does Hal, age 10, pledge allegiance to?
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary
Chambers Dictionary
Q.2
What do Hal and his brothers call their mom and dad?
Ma and Pop
Mother1 and Father2
Avril and James
The Moms and Himself
Q.3
What's the name of the game that the students of Enfield Tennis Academy invent, which combines tennis with global warfare?
Eschaton
World War T
Tenyzian
Incandenzia
Q.4
What is Hal's eldest brother terrified of?
Roaches
Getting married
Small spaces
Centipedes
Q.5
David Foster Wallace was famous for the seemingly endless series of endnotes and footnotes that accompanied his writing. How many endnotes does Infinite Jest have?
420
192
388
1,117
Q.6
How many tennis balls does it take to play the game created by students at Enfield Tennis Academy?
100
1
50
400
Q.7
What was James Incandenza's drink of choice?
Canadian Club
Wild Turkey
Screwdriver
Gin Rickey
Q.8
Orin Incandenza wakes up one morning to find his girlfriend watching a CBC documentary. What is the documentary about?
A woman named Joelle with a crippling marijuana dependency.
A history of the Quebec separatist movement.
A man named Fenton, who has schizophrenia.
The successes and setbacks of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Q.9
What tennis star is Hal hoping will attend the final of the WhataBurger Southwest Junior Invitational tennis tournament?
Andy Roddick
Venus Williams
Roger Federer
Serena Williams
Q.10
The book is set in the near future, when Canada, the United States and Mexico have merged to form a superstate. What is it called?
United Nations of North America
North American Cooperative
Allegiant Nations of North America
Organization of North American Nations
Q.11
Nine years of "subsidized time" are identified in Infinite Jest. Which of the following years is not in the novel?
Year of Walt Disney World
Year of Glad
Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland
Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar
Q.12
What Shakespearean character is Infinite Jest named for?
Polonius
Titania
Yorick
Falstaff
Q.13
What year is Ennet House, a halfway house for addicts, founded in?
Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
Year of Whisper-Quiet Maytag Dishmaster
Year of the Perdue Wonderchicken
Year of the Whopper
Q.14
Ennet House supervisor Don Gately was previously addicted to what drug?
Crystal Meth
Demerol
Marijuana
Cocaine
Q.15
What was the working title for Infinite Jest?
A Failed Entertainment
The Incandenzas
Match Point
Eschaton