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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 does Seldom Seen see through his field glasses?

2. What do Hayduke and Seldom Seen set fire to at Burr Pass?

3. What does a man ask to borrow from the group?

4. What do the men stay up to discuss?

5. Why has Hayduke stayed the night near the construction site?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Doc and Abbzug argue about in the bar?

2. What does Chapter 8 say about Bishop Love's character?

3. What does the group destroy on the construction site?

4. How does Abbey express his likes and dislikes in the prologue?

5. How does Chapter 9 express Hayduke's darker side?

6. Who is Joseph Fielding Smith?

7. What are Abbzug's views on Hayduke and Smith?

8. Why does Smith not want to set light to the vehicles?

9. Why does the guard tell Smith to move on from the bridge?

10. Why does Abbzug question Doc's activities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of Abbey's previous book and contrast it with THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's life. In what way are his life and personality is reflected in the book? How does he use the book to express his ideas about life and politics?

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