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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason is Thompson given that attempts to diminish the importance of his employer?
(a) His magazine is the lowest-ranked in the country.
(b) He works for a music magazine.
(c) His editor is a known communist.
(d) His employer never served in Vietnam.

2. Why does Thompson appear to feel relieved and more justified in his habits during "June?"
(a) Mankiewicz shares a joint with Thompson.
(b) Timothy Leary comes to speak to the journalists.
(c) McGovern acknowledges his own drug use.
(d) Many members of the press have been experimenting with drugs as well.

3. At the end of "June," why does Thompson compare the journalists to a particularly notorious group?
(a) Their similar anger.
(b) Their similar boredom.
(c) Their similar self-righteousness.
(d) Their similar drug use.

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

5. At times during slow periods on the campaign trail, what do journalists find themselves resenting?
(a) The lack of interviews with the candidates.
(b) The amount of work they can do.
(c) The presence of Mankiewicz.
(d) The censorship.

6. What writer's problem does Thompson discuss in "June"?
(a) Re-using one's work over and over.
(b) Writer's block.
(c) Repetition in subject matter.
(d) Censorship.

7. In "May," according to research, which way does Thompson say is the best and probably only way to win the campaign?
(a) Public appearances.
(b) A polished appearance.
(c) Promises to withdraw the troops from Vietnam.
(d) Speeches to rile up the younger crowds.

8. According to Thompson, because of their origins, who do Southerners respect?
(a) Leaders from the Civil Rights movement.
(b) Self-made businessmen.
(c) Worldly people.
(d) Accomplished con men.

9. Besides the factory, where else do the candidates go to visit and meet with workers?
(a) A library.
(b) A hospital.
(c) An automotive shop.
(d) A slaughterhouse.

10. According to Thompson, what group was responsible for settling the South?
(a) African-Americans.
(b) Italians.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) Criminals.

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

12. What journalistic term does Thompson use to describe Wallace's speeches in "July?"
(a) Pitch.
(b) Lobbing.
(c) Sink.
(d) Scanning.

13. From "January, February, into March," what is the core conflict between Thompson and the politicians?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) Legalization of marijuana.
(c) Class issues.
(d) Kent State.

14. Whom does Thompson describe as being less of a hand-shaker and more of an actor with his constituents?
(a) George McGovern.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Edmund Muskie.

15. At the time of this book, who employed Thompson?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In this book, what is used to separate groups of paragraphs?

3. What position does Thompson assign politicians, in his analogy of the American political campaign?

4. Why is Thompson angry during "June?"

5. Despite the opinions politicians hold of the press, which of the following is not a trademark of Hunter S. Thompson (illustrating the man's indifference to what the politicians think of him)?

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