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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. Does the Pranksters' way of life strike the author as odd?
2. What does MDT stand for?
3. What is the name that Kesey gives his group?
4. What happens when the Pranksters arrive at the seven-day Unitarian Conference?
5. What keeps the Pranksters together?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the Pranksters view the Beauty Witch's descent into madness?
2. What distracts Wolfe when he is trying to listen to Hassler explain what the Pranksters mean when they talk about the games the straight world is caught up in?
3. Describe Wolfe's initial meeting with Kesey.
4. What happens to the Pranksters after people hear more about their big weekend with the Angels?
5. At this point, are the Pranksters losing sight of their vision? Why or why not?
6. After Stark Naked goes mad and has to leave the group, the purpose of the trip and the documentary become clearer. What is that purpose?
7. Do you think Sandy would have stayed with the Pranksters if he hadn't had a bad trip?
8. What is the significance of the Bladder Totem?
9. Why do the Leary followers dislike the Pranksters?
10. What happens to Perry Lane in July 1963?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you think the mixed, almost bad reviews of Sometimes a Great Nation hurt Kesey? Or did he sincerely believe that the bus was a new art form? What does he mean when he points to the bus and suggests it's a totally new art form?
Essay Topic 2
Do you think that Tom Wolfe did a good job in telling the story of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters? Did you feel that he captured the essence of these people accurately? Or was he handicapped by his lack of experience with LSD?
Essay Topic 3
Which group do you think was more serious about proving the legitimacy of LSD, the Pranksters or the Leary Group? Why?
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