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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XVI The Frozen Jug Band.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sonny Barger?
(a) Sandy's cousin
(b) A cousin of Sonny Bono the singer
(c) The president of the Hell's Angels, famous from the Hunter S. Thompson book
(d) A novelist and motorcycle enthusiast

2. How does Kesey explain his philosophy about the war?
(a) He plays
(b) He plays
(c) He stands on the stage and says nothing
(d) He says the only way to understand it is to trip on a lot of acid

3. How does Zonker save himself in the water when he's surrounded by suspicious black men?
(a) He smiles a long drug-induced smile that wins them over
(b) He offers to give them all rides home
(c) He offers them free drugs
(d) He swims quickly to shore without saying a thing

4. Is the intersubjectivity for the group the same on the bus and off the bus?
(a) It depends on the temperature outside the bus
(b) It's exactly the same on and off the bus
(c) Yes, completely
(d) No

5. Kesey, while working as a night attendant in psych ward writes what famous novel?
(a) The Assassin
(b) Catch-22
(c) What to Expect when You're Expecting
(d) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what was the original intent of the trip?

2. To whom does Kesey compare Paul Jacobs, one of the previous speakers?

3. How was Kesey's novel received?

4. Describe some of the young women who join the Pranksters on the bus.

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

(see the answer key)

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