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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do people who are uninterested in politics react to Thompson's writing?
(a) They boycott Rolling Stone Magazine.
(b) They read his stories merely for gossip.
(c) The disinterested begin to follow politics.
(d) They begin to buy his books.

2. According to Thompson, what is the death knell for the campaign?
(a) Nixon's foreign policies.
(b) McGovern's public statement about Eagleton.
(c) McGovern's distrust of Eagleton.
(d) McGovern's sudden shift to support the continuance of Vietnam.

3. How does Thompson describe the "yin" of the Yin/Yang?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Light.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Manipulative.

4. What does Thompson combine with whiskey in "November?"
(a) Codeine.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Peyote.

5. What did Eagleton refuse to disclose to the public and to his own party?
(a) His police records.
(b) Mental health records.
(c) His marriage license.
(d) His military records.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Bobby Kennedy refer to as "the most decent man in the Senate?"

2. In general, who flies on Thompson's preferred plane?

3. In "November," what begins to plague the author?

4. What does the author believe occurs within Nixon's organization that helps to account for Nixon's success?

5. After "November," what form does Thompson's writing take for the rest of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Thompson's opinions on what Americans want from their leaders?

2. What are some ways the author and his colleagues pass time on the airplane?

3. What does Thompson believe about the middle-class?

4. How did passengers on the Zoo plane keep the politicians from boarding?

5. Why did Ron Ziegler become Nixon's PR man?

6. What are Thompson's feelings about Nixon's circle of people?

7. Why is Thompson in such a dark mood in "October?"

8. How does Thompson relate the politics of the campaign to the partying of the personnel?

9. How does Thompson describe the passengers of Dakota Queen II?

10. How does Eagleton affect McGovern's campaign run?

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