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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 9 & 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the news at the first hotel that disturbs the attorney?
(a) Advertising for a rival firm.
(b) The swearing in of a new Supreme Court justice.
(c) A horror flick.
(d) A piece about the Laos invasion.

2. Why does the attorney run a red light in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to get to the restaurant before six.
(b) He does not see the light.
(c) He is being chased by a police officer.
(d) He has fallen into a drug coma.

3. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) At the lawyer’s office.
(b) At Thompson’s house.
(c) At the golf course.
(d) In the Polo lounge.

4. What do Thompson and the attorney find out when they return to their suite after dealing with the girl the attorney brought to the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) The girl, Lucy, has called them.
(b) The seminar is starting that evening.
(c) The police are going to run drug dogs through the hotel.
(d) The magazine has called for the work Thompson was supposed to send.

5. What is the name of the bar in which Thompson is sitting on the outskirts of Las Vegas, in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) Mile’s Slots and Beer.
(b) Las Vegas Drinks.
(c) Red Slot Pub.
(d) Wild Bill’s Café.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the narrator go?

2. What shirt is Thompson thinking about wearing for driving home in Part 1, Chapter 11?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what does the lawyer pull out in the elevator?

4. What does the short cook in Part II, Chapter 9 give Thompson?

5. What bothers Thompson most about the people attending the narcotics conference?

(see the answer key)

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