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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 does Thompson balance his frantic writing with the long periods of boredom in "November?"

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

3. What does Thompson allude to having happened with the female reporter who indulged in both marijuana and alcohol?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the public find Mankowiecz so unsettling?

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

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

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

6. Describe the activities of election day.

7. Why do Thompson and his friend decide to resolve the Mankiewicz situation by leaving?

8. Describe the confrontation between Mankiewicz and Thompson.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hunter S. Thompson feel about politicians? How do politicians generally feel about Thompson? In what way is Thompson's outsider status as a writer for the counter-culture immediately setting him up as an adversary to all politicians? How does this affect his relationship to the Muskie campaign, as well as the McGovern campaign? Why does Frank Mankiewicz attack Thompson? How does all of this figure into Thompson's later declaration that he is going to run for the Senate?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss these governmental and political concepts Thompson writes about in the following format:

Part 1) The voting demographic.

Part 2) The pendulum swing of politics.

Part 3) The frequent meet-and-greets with the constituents.

Part 4) Honesty and dishonesty.

Part 5) Speech writers.

Part 6) Pitching for votes.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

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