Screw-jack Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Screw-jack Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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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. Who was a civil rights activist, a leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate busing in the United states?
(a) James Farmer, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) George Herman.

2. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as an unbearable experience that would blow the top right off his head?
(a) Driving.
(b) Going in public.
(c) Flying.
(d) Speaking.

3. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?
(a) Cauley Park.
(b) Bryant Park.
(c) Grant Park.
(d) Central Park.

4. What does the writer do in the tunnel in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Cries.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Sings.

5. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) George Herman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Thompson in "Death of a Poet"?

2. What did Thompson go to the kitchen to get in "Death of a Poet"?

3. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?

4. Who was screaming in the background of the headset on the plane in "Mescalito"?

5. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?

(see the answer key)

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