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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. How did the passengers of Thompson's plane react to others trying to join them on their flight?

2. According to Thompson, what concept really controls the voting and polls in politics?

3. What happens between Mankiewicz and Thompson in "August?"

4. What revelation does Thompson make to the readers about his intoxication on the airplane?

5. During "August," what concerns are raised about Frank Mankiewicz on the campaign trail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the activities of election day.

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

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

4. In "November Concluded," what stories did Thompson tell about one of the female journalists?

5. In what ways is Thompson introducing new readers to the world of politics?

6. What are some of the behaviors exhibited by the journalists on the Zoo Plane?

7. Describe the confrontation between Mankiewicz and Thompson.

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

9. During the demonstration of a previous campaign, what did Thompson realize about the police officers on the scene?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between the American Dream and the middle-class in the following format:

Part 1) Define the American Dream.

Part 2) What is the relationship between the middle-class and the upper-class?

Part 3) How are the middle classes represented on the campaign trail, especially in regards to Thompson's presence?

Part 4) The shrinking middle-class.

Part 5) Public policy and the government.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Hunter S. Thompson's sense of being socially awkward around the other journalists in the following format:

Part 1) His employer.

Part 2) His drug use.

Part 3) His attire and roots.

Part 4) His attitudes about other politicians.

Part 5) His relationships with the other journalists.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your arguments.

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