Which figure was involved in CIA's MK-ULTRA project and led the Merry Pranksters?

Which figure was involved in CIA's MK-ULTRA project and led the Merry Pranksters?

• A. Timothy Leary
• B. Ken Kesey
• C. Allen Ginsberg
• D. Jimi Hendrix

Answer: (B)

Ken Kesey is the figure who fits this pairing. He was the author who organized and led the Merry Pranksters, the group famous for their psychedelic road trips and for spreading LSD culture in the 1960s. The MK-ULTRA program was a CIA effort that experimented with LSD and other drugs during the same era, placing Kesey’s activities in the broader context of government-funded psychedelic testing and the counterculture that followed. Timothy Leary is closely associated with LSD and academic experiments, but he didn’t lead the Pranksters; Allen Ginsberg and Jimi Hendrix were influential artists in other spheres. So Kesey is the best match for the combination described.

Ken Kesey is the figure who fits this pairing. He was the author who organized and led the Merry Pranksters, the group famous for their psychedelic road trips and for spreading LSD culture in the 1960s. The MK-ULTRA program was a CIA effort that experimented with LSD and other drugs during the same era, placing Kesey’s activities in the broader context of government-funded psychedelic testing and the counterculture that followed. Timothy Leary is closely associated with LSD and academic experiments, but he didn’t lead the Pranksters; Allen Ginsberg and Jimi Hendrix were influential artists in other spheres. So Kesey is the best match for the combination described.