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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 does the Trips Festival gross in three days?

2. What has San Francisco State University become?

3. How does Kesey explain his philosophy about the war?

4. There is no greater calamity than the Red Tide in Manzanillo except:

5. What is Black Maria's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What were your thoughts about the Pranksters giving laced Kool-Aid to people without telling them what was in the drink?

3. Did Kesey seem to know his fate all along his LSD-Pranksters journey?

4. Is this a happy ending?

5. Once again we see how Kesey controls the group. Describe how he does it this time at Muir Beach?

6. What did you think of Kesey's re-entry into the U.S.?

7. After Zonker receives a telegram informing the group that the suicide note scheme didn't work, who spreads news that Kesey is in Mexico?

8. What is it about the Red Tide that is so bothersome?

9. How does Mountain Girl manage to get off with just a fine for the marijuana charges against her?

10. What happens to Kesey during the electrical storm on the beach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Kesey oppose anti-war rallies? Explain how he demonstrates this point of view when he appears at a rally at Berkeley.

Essay Topic 3

Talk about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Why did Kesey write the story? How did this novel change his life?

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