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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, October.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "January, February, into March," what is the reason Thompson makes several people angry with him?
(a) He is caught with hashish.
(b) He gets very drunk in front of the President.
(c) He punches Mankiewicz.
(d) He refuses to remove his hat.

2. According to Thompson, in "January," who beat Johnson in New Hampshire?
(a) The Nixon voters.
(b) The McCarthy voters.
(c) The Muskie voters.
(d) The Wallace voters.

3. For what reason does Senator McCarthy visit the factory workers in "May?"
(a) To make sure they are being given proper benefits.
(b) To shake their hands.
(c) To see a factory local to his hometown.
(d) To visit where his father used to work there.

4. In what city was Bobby Kennedy assassinated?
(a) New York City.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. In "January," whose vote is discussed alongside the generational voting habits?
(a) European immigrants.
(b) African Americans.
(c) Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strikes Thompson the most about Mankiewicz's recent, violent tendencies?

2. For what is Jerry Rubin known?

3. What does Thompson believe is the source of the journalists' most common writing problem?

4. According to those who disapprove of professional speech writers, what is revealed when politicians use these writers?

5. "Dark Interlude" reveals what illness that Eagleton suffers from?

(see the answer key)

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