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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 happens after the bust on La Honda?
2. What happens to Sandy in this part of the story?
3. What are some of the regular features of life at La Honda?
4. Describe some of the young women who join the Pranksters on the bus.
5. What famous actress does Doris Delay resemble?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the Prankster feel it's critical not to talk about their experience on the trip?
2. What was the original plan for the road trip to the east coast?
3. What distracts Wolfe when he is trying to listen to Hassler explain what the Pranksters mean when they talk about the games the straight world is caught up in?
4. Have the Pranksters broken away from mainstream society?
5. After everything Wolfe had heard and researched about Kesey, when he finally meets him in jail, what does Kesey stress the most?
6. Kesey compares this time in American History to what other time in ancient history?
7. Does Wolfe think the Merry Pranksters are odd?
8. After the Conference, someone describes Kesey as the "Prophet King." What are Kesey and his group being compared to? Is it a valid comparison?
9. By the end of the Unitarian conference, the younger Unitarians are so taken with the Pranksters, what do they do?
10. What happens when Kesey and Kerouac meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ultimately, what was it about LSD that captivated so many people, especially during the 1960s? Do you think that people really emerged more enlightened after trying the drug?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
One of the recurring themes in this story is control. Specifically, Kesey's need to have control of the Pranksters and the situations in which he found himself. Starting with the bus, which was apparently Babb's original idea, how does Kesey continually assert his control over the group? Why do you think he needs this control? What does it say about him?
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