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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. Who gives a first-hand account of the Kool-Aid Acid Test?
2. Does Kesey give the Ampex to Sandy?
3. Who invites Kesey to speak at an anti-war rally at Berkeley?
4. What does Kesey plan to do to wreck the psychedelic movement once and for all?
5. Back in Manzanillo, who sits in jail?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Kesey denies Sandy the Ampex?
2. Wolfe writes, "To Kesey, it was a hopeless flea-bitten desert he was fleeing into." What are some of the other descriptions Kesey uses to portray Mexico?
3. Do you think the Vietnam Day Committee understood what they were doing by inviting Kesey to speak?
4. Do you think that Kesey went on his bizarre rant on stage because the Pranksters arrived late to the the anti-war rally with little reception?
5. Did Kesey seem to know his fate all along his LSD-Pranksters journey?
6. What is Kesey's response to an imminent arrest?
7. Why do you think Babbs moves the acid tests to Los Angeles?
8. In reading this chapter, what did you think of Kesey's attempt at having a final graduation?
9. Where is Kesey and what is he doing at the end of this story?
10. How does Mountain Girl manage to get off with just a fine for the marijuana charges against her?
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
What was your reaction to the gang-rape of the woman by the Hell's Angels at the Pranksters' party? What did you think of the way Wolfe portrayed this scene?
Essay Topic 3
What did you think of Wolfe switching up writing styles throughout the book? Did it throw you off? If so, how? Is his so-called "hysterical realism" a good way to tell this story? Or did you have trouble following the narrative? Why do you think Wolfe wrote this way?
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