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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 much time does Kesey serve?
2. Why do people go to Kesey's property after the Concert?
3. How does Wolfe describe Haight-Ashbury at this point in the story?
4. What makes the Jug Band freeze?
5. There is no greater calamity than the Red Tide in Manzanillo except:
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Once again we see how Kesey controls the group. Describe how he does it this time at Muir Beach?
3. After Zonker receives a telegram informing the group that the suicide note scheme didn't work, who spreads news that Kesey is in Mexico?
4. Is it ironic that Kesey wants to leave the Beatles concert before the crowd gets out of control?
5. Do you think the Vietnam Day Committee understood what they were doing by inviting Kesey to speak?
6. What were your thoughts about the Pranksters giving laced Kool-Aid to people without telling them what was in the drink?
7. 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?
8. What did you think of Kesey's re-entry into the U.S.?
9. Is it ironic that Owsley, who makes LSD, has a such a bad trip that he 'fails' the acid test?
10. In reading this chapter, what did you think of Kesey's attempt at having a final graduation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many critics call The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test a "classic." Why do you think this book is called that? Do you agree?
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
What happens to Beauty Witch? And what are your thoughts on how the Pranksters reacted to her madness? Did you think they were fair? Honest? Insensitive?
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