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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, September.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what measurement of time is this book organized?
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Months.

2. During "September," what does Thompson predict will happen in the election?
(a) Wallace will win.
(b) Kennedy will win.
(c) McGovern will win.
(d) Nixon will win.

3. In the beginning of "May," at which primary is Thompson present?
(a) California.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Wyoming.

4. Who does Thompson quote when he says, "Richard Nixon represents the dark side of the American spirit?"
(a) George McGovern.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Bobby Kennedy.
(d) Timothy Leary.

5. Who does Rubin claim will march down to the Convention Center in July?
(a) Timothy Leary.
(b) Every hippie celebrity in the country.
(c) Ten thousand naked hippies.
(d) One hundred Yippie activists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Thompson affected when a politician he politically respects suffers through a difficult event?

2. According to Thompson, because of their origins, who do Southerners respect?

3. For whom does Thompson harbor a strange affection?

4. How does Thompson describe the Washington D.C. journalists in "January?"

5. To what does Thompson compare an American campaign trail?

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