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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a farmhouse with a small garden, some livestock, and maybe a pond?
2. What allows you to get more information across than wall scribbling?
3. What religion of people hold particularly good parties for stealing food from?
4. What is at the center of the star on the flag?
5. 'Eternal vigilance and constant mobility are the passwords of...'
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the type of printing equipment that Hoffman explains for readers. How can this equipment be acquired cheaply? What equipment is best?
2. What do you feel is the best way to achieve political change? What tactics do you agree and disagree most with in STEAL THIS BOOK?
3. How can a person get free food in 'Amerika?' Do you think this advice is still valid?
4. What does Hoffman say about airlines? How valid are the advice and justifications that he gives?
5. What does Hoffman say about the importance of a printing press? Why is it so important?
6. Should Abbie Hoffman be held legally responsible for the actions of his readers if they follow his teachings literally and break the law?
7. Describe the 'general bomb strategy' recommended by Hoffman.
8. How does Hoffman feel about the use of violence for achieving political goals?
9. What does Hoffman recommend for medical care?
10. What should one take note of when buying a farm?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the topic of revolution. Be sure to address:
1) Violent and non-violent revolution.
2) Major revolutions in world history, and what can be learned from them.
3) The possibility and viability of a revolution in the United States.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay making a moral argument for or against the publication of books such as STEAL THIS BOOK.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the importance of the 1960's in the cultural history of the United States and the world. What aspects of the 60s still are with us today? What seems to have faded?
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