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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 event are several hundred people attending?

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

3. What do Hayduke and Smith plan to fill with explosives?

4. What does Abbzug think Doc sees her as?

5. To what city did Edward Abbey hitchhike?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Abbzug question Doc's activities?

3. What does Chapter 7 say about Hayduke's character?

4. What were Abbey's links to environmental groups?

5. Why is the Colorado River no longer the raging force it once was?

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

7. How does this chapter show the differences between Smith and Hayduke?

8. Who is Joseph Fielding Smith?

9. What is the purpose of the introduction?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against industrialization? What are Abbey's opinions on industrialization and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Abbey?

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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