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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII Tootling the Multitudes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Pranksters believe about people living the "straight" life?
(a) They pretend they are smart and they are not
(b) They are good people but not interesting
(c) They play high-tech games that they don't understand
(d) They are involved in games and not conscious of them

2. Who were the main figures on Perry Lane?
(a) Robert Redford and Paul Newman
(b) Robin Givens and Gwen Stefani, entertainers
(c) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
(d) Robin White and Gwen Davis, novelists

3. What do the Pransters call Kesey?
(a) CEO
(b) Chief
(c) President
(d) His holiness

4. What do people start to call Kesey's La Honda home?
(a) A shack in the mountainside
(b) The Forbidden City of the West with Kesey as Emperor
(c) A kind of hill-country Versailles with Kesey as Sun-King
(d) Windsor Castle with Kesey as the Prince of Wales

5. Does the Pranksters' way of life strike the author as odd?
(a) He doesn't care how they live
(b) He hasn't made up his mind
(c) No
(d) Yes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MDT stand for?

2. What famous actress does Doris Delay resemble?

3. What is the Bladder Totem?

4. Why does Kesey annoy many of the people who visit La Honda?

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

(see the answer key)

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