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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incident (with which he had no involvement) harms Thompson's reputation as a professional?
(a) The drunken, belligerent behavior of the person who stole his ID.
(b) A drug bust.
(c) A motorcycle accident.
(d) Ten thousand naked hippies showing up to protest Nixon.

2. Why is Thompson concerned about his toenails?
(a) They are growing too quickly.
(b) They are flaking away.
(c) They are not growing.
(d) They are growing in a different color.

3. Why does Thompson believe the journalists are turning to drugs?
(a) They are trying to get a better grasp on the younger generation.
(b) They want to emulate Thompson.
(c) They are not coping well with cabin fever.
(d) They want to experiment while away from their loved ones.

4. To what does Thompson compare the writer's problem he discusses in "June?"
(a) Deafness.
(b) Removing the tongue.
(c) Blindness.
(d) A skin graft.

5. Why is Rosey Grier not allowed to deal with Rubin's harassment on the train?
(a) It would not look good for him to rough up the journalists.
(b) It created sympathetic press for Muskie.
(c) The other passengers threw him off the train.
(d) Rubin was protected by another journalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Senator McCarthy visit the factory workers in "May?"

2. For what is Jerry Rubin known?

3. According to Thompson, what group was responsible for settling the South?

4. Whom does Thompson describe as being less of a hand-shaker and more of an actor with his constituents?

5. Although Kennedy would not be likely to win the state of Georgia, what key city could he almost definitely win?

(see the answer key)

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