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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do politicians tend to view journalists, according to Thompson?
(a) Writers who could not sell a novel.
(b) Worthless.
(c) News-hungry pigs.
(d) Failed politicians.

2. For what is Jerry Rubin known?
(a) For attempting to levitate the Pentagon.
(b) For furthering the knowledge of drugs with Timothy Leary.
(c) As a Yippie activist.
(d) For Communism.

3. When Thompson reaches his destination in "January, February, into March," how do his disrespectful peers treat him?
(a) They embarrass him.
(b) They look down on him.
(c) They are happy to see him.
(d) They all clamor for his autograph.

4. In this book, what is used to separate groups of paragraphs?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Pages.
(d) Icons.

5. How is Thompson affected when a politician he politically respects suffers through a difficult event?
(a) He laughs about it.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He can barely speak of it without tears.
(d) He is concerned of the effects it will have on the campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Bobby Kennedy assassinated?

2. With which party in Florida does Rubin claim to be registered?

3. What is one of the reasons Thompson is so famous?

4. Besides alcohol, what drug does Thompson readily admit to using regularly?

5. Which Kennedy does the Democratic party consider nominating?

(see the answer key)

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