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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 does the crowd react to Kesey's remarks?
2. Who did Black Maria originally follow to Mexico?
3. Why do people go to Kesey's property after the Concert?
4. Where do the Pranksters get their money from?
5. What does Black Maria do that annoys everyone else?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is it about the Red Tide that is so bothersome?
2. Did Kesey seem to know his fate all along his LSD-Pranksters journey?
3. Following the success of the Trips Festival, what does Bill Graham do?
4. After Zonker receives a telegram informing the group that the suicide note scheme didn't work, who spreads news that Kesey is in Mexico?
5. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?
6. 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?
7. Once again we see how Kesey controls the group. Describe how he does it this time at Muir Beach?
8. What is Kesey's response to an imminent arrest?
9. What happens to Kesey during the electrical storm on the beach?
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
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 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
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?
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