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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thompson openly acknowledge about his work in "February & March?"

2. What is particularly colorful about the letter exchange in "July?"

3. Besides the factory, where else do the candidates go to visit and meet with workers?

4. According to Thompson, who was most notably not a target when Bobby Kennedy was assassinated?

5. According to Thompson, in "January," who beat Johnson in New Hampshire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thompson discuss the progressively more open drug use amongst the journalists?

2. Where are some of the places the campaign visits in "May" and why?

3. Describe the relationship between journalists and politicians.

4. How does Thompson explain the journalistic term "pitch?"

5. What are some ways that Thompson organizes this book?

6. How does Thompson describe the feeling for a politician when hearing a particular song in the Nebraska primary?

7. In "January, February, into March," how does Thompson try to fit in with the politicians and press?

8. How does Jerry Rubin tarnish Thompson's reputation?

9. Describe Thompson's initial relationships with the other writers.

10. Describe the different votes Thompson discusses in "January."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the time of the 1972 presidential election, how have politicians come to regard the youth vote and the African-American vote? How has the Vietnam War and the subsequent culture around it (for example, hippies, Woodstock, politically aware actors, and musicians) forced the politicians to start targeting the younger crowds for votes? How has this culture, alongside with the continuing struggling for civil rights, aided the African-American community in terms of the government focusing on their demographic?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hunter S. Thompson contribute to the downfall of Edmund Muskie? Why does Thompson particularly dislike this candidate? How is his reporting on the "rumor" of Muskie's addiction to Ibogaine indicative not only of gonzo journalism, but of other journalists' desire for any salacious or scandalous rumors to report on? How does this contribute to the ever-volatile relationship between politicians and journalists?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the presidential candidates in the following format. Be sure to mention how Thompson perceives each of these men and how he feels about them, as well as how they ran their campaign.

Part 1) George McGovern.

Part 2) Richard Nixon.

Part 3) Edmund Muskie.

Part 4) George Wallace.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

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