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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. How was Kesey's novel received?
2. Does Kesey believe that experiencing things in the present is really possible?
3. Why does Kesey want to document the road trip?
4. How do Kesey and his crew travel?
5. Kesey says he wants everyone to do their thing and be Pranksters, but he also wants them to be:
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the original plan for the road trip to the east coast?
2. Do you think Sandy would have stayed with the Pranksters if he hadn't had a bad trip?
3. How is Kesey's second novel, Sometimes a Great Nation, received? How does Kesey react to the reviews?
4. Describe the state of mind and general condition that leads Sandy to take the Unauthorized Acid:
5. Why does Hartweg have such a hard time understanding what the Pranksters have filmed?
6. After the Conference, someone describes Kesey as the "Prophet King." What are Kesey and his group being compared to? Is it a valid comparison?
7. After everything Wolfe had heard and researched about Kesey, when he finally meets him in jail, what does Kesey stress the most?
8. What is the significance of the Bladder Totem?
9. What does Kesey mean when he says that New York is two years behind San Francisco?
10. By the end of the Unitarian conference, the younger Unitarians are so taken with the Pranksters, what do they do?
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
In the first chapter of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe starts off first by talking about what he has heard about Ken Kesey, and then recounts his first meeting with the LSD guru. He also mentions meeting some of the other Merry Pranksters including Mountain Girl and Neal Cassady. Talk about the tone that Wolfe sets for the book from the start, and his style of writing, and whether this writing style is effective in capturing the story of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
Essay Topic 3
The Pranksters often talk about the outside world, the 'straight world.' In this chapter, however, when Wolfe asks Hassler to define what the Pranksters mean by the games the straight world plays, Hassler struggles to define it. What is Wolfe saying about this group and their beliefs?
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