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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 has Doc Sarvis named his task of burning billboards?

2. What does George Hayduke think is destroying the landscape?

3. What do Hayduke and Seldom decide they will need to destroy the bridge?

4. What character in the novel does Abbey base on the leader of a real environmental group?

5. What does Hayduke pull up as he walks to meet the others?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbzug question Doc's activities?

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

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

4. How did Edward Abbey become interested in the environment?

5. What is Abbzug and Doc's relationship?

6. What do the the Governor of Utah and two officers of the Department of Public Safety discuss as they walk back to their vehicles?

7. Who is Joseph Fielding Smith?

8. How do Doc and Abbzug get away with buying firearms?

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

10. How did Hayduke get his revenge on a police officer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Pick two characters from the book and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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