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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, June.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the residents of the retirement home the candidates visit in "May?"
(a) They are wealthy.
(b) They are all women.
(c) They are of all different ethnicities.
(d) They are all connected to powerful families in Washington, D.C.

2. 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) Ten thousand naked hippies showing up to protest Nixon.
(c) A drug bust.
(d) A motorcycle accident.

3. For whom does Thompson harbor a strange affection?
(a) McCarthy.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Muskie.

4. With which party in Florida does Rubin claim to be registered?
(a) Green Party.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Independent.

5. What reason does Thompson posit that makes the campaign he is covering particularly difficult for all participants?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) The assassinations of the Kennedys.
(c) McGovern's pro-choice stand.
(d) McGovern's support of legalizing marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Thompson compare the journalists at the end of "June?"

3. According to his anecdotes in "January, February, into March," why is Thompson never be able to fit in with the upper classes?

4. In Miami, who forces the Senator to keep his speech and interviews short?

5. Which Kennedy does the Democratic party consider nominating?

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