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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. What does Black Maria do that annoys everyone else?
2. To what does Wolfe compare Kesey and the Acid Test?
3. According to Wolfe, who in three years time will film an LSD bus trip through England?
4. What makes the Jug Band freeze?
5. Who do the Pranksters suspect is behind their bust on the way to Guadalajara?
Short Essay Questions
1. Once again we see how Kesey controls the group. Describe how he does it this time at Muir Beach?
2. When Kesey returns to California, he's in a strange state of mind. He says he's in the cops movie now. Does Kesey believe he's going to be captured?
3. Although nothing happens with the Mexican undercover agent, what does his presence make the Pranksters realize?
4. Why did the Pranksters and their followers fall apart after Kesey's trial?
5. Where is Kesey and what is he doing at the end of this story?
6. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?
7. Following the success of the Trips Festival, what does Bill Graham do?
8. Is it ironic that Kesey goes to the U.S. Consulate, isn't ironic and even gets money from one of the staff?
9. For all the things that Kesey hates about Mexico, at this point he discovers a very different side of the country and its people. What does he discover?
10. What did you think of Kesey's re-entry into the U.S.?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Wolfe writes extensively in the chapter "Dream Wars" about the Pranksters' trip back to California and specifically, about Sandy's bad trips and paranoia. Is Wolfe a fair observer of what's unfolding in this chapter? Or, is he insensitive to Sandy's hardships? How does Wolfe view Kesey and the rest of the Pranksters and their reactions to Sandy's bad trips?
Essay Topic 3
One of the recurring themes in this story is control. Specifically, Kesey's need to have control of the Pranksters and the situations in which he found himself. Starting with the bus, which was apparently Babb's original idea, how does Kesey continually assert his control over the group? Why do you think he needs this control? What does it say about him?
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