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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 can be used as fake marijuana?
2. How much money did the hijacker ask for when he 'got greedy?'
3. Where can one obtain free, or 'dirt cheap,' blueprints and information?
4. Where can you get a free umbrella?
5. What are two of the easiest STDs to pick up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you feel is the role of the state in providing for its people? How is this issue dealt with in STEAL THIS BOOK?
2. Describe the 'general bomb strategy' recommended by Hoffman.
3. What advice does Hoffman have for organizing a demonstration?
4. What advice does Hoffman give for getting welfare benefits?
5. What programs existed at the time of writing for distributing food to the poor? What criticism does he have for the way these programs were implemented?
6. Describe Hoffman's flag and the importance behind it. Do you agree?
7. According to Hoffman, what is the best way to steal? Is this still true today?
8. How do you feel about Abbie Hoffman's politics?
9. Do you feel that there is really a class war going on in America?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay making a moral argument for or against the publication of books such as STEAL THIS BOOK.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on what you feel is the most important political demonstration/protest in American history. Be sure to address:
1) The goal of the demonstration.
2) A timeline of what happened at the demonstration.
3) How the event has influenced history and America as a nation.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay topic of your choosing, based on the theme of democracy. The essay can focus on a specific aspect of democracy, deal with the functioning of the system as a whole, and so on.
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