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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. Many people in the area think the Pranksters are from:
2. Why is it necessary for Mountain Girl to go to Poughkeepsie?
3. To whom does Kesey compare Paul Jacobs, one of the previous speakers?
4. Where do the Pranksters get their money from?
5. Kesey becomes increasingly paranoid in Mexico because he thinks:
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the Pranksters and their followers fall apart after Kesey's trial?
2. Why do you think Wolfe wrote this chapter in this free-verse style?
3. What is Kesey's response to an imminent arrest?
4. Do you think the Vietnam Day Committee understood what they were doing by inviting Kesey to speak?
5. Is it ironic that Kesey wants to leave the Beatles concert before the crowd gets out of control?
6. Why do you think Babbs moves the acid tests to Los Angeles?
7. Wolfe writes, "To Kesey, it was a hopeless flea-bitten desert he was fleeing into." What are some of the other descriptions Kesey uses to portray Mexico?
8. Why do you think the Mexicans greet the Pranksters with "Diablo!"
9. What did you think of Kesey's re-entry into the U.S.?
10. Following the success of the Trips Festival, what does Bill Graham do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the chapter "Cloud," we see the business side of LSD. How are Owsley and the Mad Chemist different? Is Owsley a visionary? Or is he just a shrewd businessman?
Essay Topic 2
In the first chapter of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe starts off first by talking about what he has heard about Ken Kesey, and then recounts his first meeting with the LSD guru. He also mentions meeting some of the other Merry Pranksters including Mountain Girl and Neal Cassady. Talk about the tone that Wolfe sets for the book from the start, and his style of writing, and whether this writing style is effective in capturing the story of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
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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