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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is even easier to shoplift than food?
(a) Accessories.
(b) LPs.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Clothing.

2. Which door is the best to use for sneaking into a theater?
(a) Front door.
(b) Fire exit.
(c) Employee entrance.
(d) Loading bay door.

3. What is still available in Amerika, 'despite what you may have heard?'
(a) Land.
(b) Justice.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Equality.

4. What is it important to do before 'pulling a big rip off' at a grocery store?
(a) Case it.
(b) Bottle it.
(c) Box it.
(d) Bag it.

5. What type of person is a good friend to have at the docks?
(a) Dock loaders.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Fishermen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of suspension is preferable on a boxcar?

2. What is a common disease in the hip community?

3. How much money did the hijacker ask for when he 'got greedy?'

4. What type of strikes can be a source of free furniture?

5. What have 'yippies' been doing at supermarkets since their inception?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hoffman attempt to justify stealing at supermarkets? Do you agree with him?

2. Do you think that the publication of STEAL THIS BOOK was ultimately a positive or negative event in the history of freedom of expression?

3. How does Hoffman instruct readers to direct property damage?

4. How can the mass power of people be used to disrupt utilities and government?

5. How does Hoffman feel about the use of violence for achieving political goals?

6. How does Hoffman tell readers they should view the government and participate in the democratic process?

7. What suggestions does Hoffman have regarding hair?

8. What does Hoffman recommend for free food in LIBERATE?

9. How can a person get free food in 'Amerika?' Do you think this advice is still valid?

10. Has reading STEAL THIS BOOK changed your view of politics and the democratic system?

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