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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Fire.
(b) Ice.
(c) Water.
(d) Stone.

2. Thompson tried to focus on the sound of what musical instrument between ads during his trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Violin.
(b) Tuba.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Saxophone.

3. What happened when Thompson first tried to call Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) Oscar's wife answered.
(b) No one was home.
(c) He got the answering machine.
(d) The line was busy.

4. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?
(a) Schorr.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Humphrey.
(d) McGarr.

5. What kind of beer was Thompson drinking during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Coors.
(b) Pabst.
(c) Corona.
(d) Budweiser.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Thompson describe his typewriter keys while tripping in "Mescalito"?

2. What kind of car did the flower children end up getting into in "Mescalito"?

3. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?

4. Which car did the woman at the car rental counter tell Thompson to take?

5. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

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