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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX The Trips Festival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through a long quote by Joachim Wach, how does the author describe Kesey and company?
(a) Insufferable and stupid
(b) Interesting but he questions why he's writing a book about them
(c) As a group that functions better than most families
(d) As a group that has, for the most part, broken away from mainstream society

2. What is Richard Alpert's concern about the Pranksters?
(a) That they'll do something so outrageous they'll discredit the psychedelic movement
(b) They will discredit Stanford's writing program
(c) That they are not wild enough
(d) They will get more attention for LSD than him

3. What is Wolfe's reaction to Babb's writing?
(a) Impressed
(b) Tickled to death
(c) Amused, not too serious
(d) Disgusted

4. What does Kesey do on stage that makes the Unitarians gasp?
(a) He burns the flag
(b) He uses the flag like a towel to wipe his face
(c) He tears the American flag apart and gives pieces to the audience
(d) He steps on the American flag and grinds it into the floor.

5. What does Kenneth Babbs introduce to the new Kesey colony?
(a) Fine cuisine
(b) Jokes
(c) Pranks
(d) Asian novels

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Young Turks?

2. What sign do the Pranksters put up at La Honda?

3. After doing a lot of talking, Kesey emerges from the bus with what on his face?

4. What makes the Jug Band freeze?

5. Kesey enters Perry Lane initially as a writer but eventually becomes what?

(see the answer key)

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