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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. Why does Thompson feel on edge around the seminar people in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) He has an aversion to them.
(b) He is afraid they will see him for a user.
(c) He wants them to like him.
(d) He cannot find anyone to write about.

2. Why is Thompson drinking Bloody Marys at the beginning of Part II?
(a) It is his favorite drink.
(b) They are on a buy one get one free special.
(c) He thinks they may have some nutritional value.
(d) It is all they serve where he is drinking.

3. Why does Thompson decide in Part 1, Chapter 11 that he has two more hours before the law begins to look for him?
(a) He can be out of Nevada in two hours.
(b) The maids won’t clean his suite for another two hours.
(c) Check-out time at the hotel is not until noon.
(d) No one does anything early in the morning in Las Vegas, even law officers.

4. Where does Thompson leave his attorney at near the end of Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) In a public restroom.
(b) The hotel lobby.
(c) In the car.
(d) In their hotel room.

5. Why was Muhammad Ali sentenced, according to a newspaper Thompson reads while waiting for his car in Chapter 1, Chapter 9?
(a) For cheating in the ring.
(b) For beating his wife.
(c) For hitting a man on the street.
(d) For refusing to obey the draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bartender wearing at the bar outside Las Vegas where Thompson has stopped at the end of Part 1?

2. Where were Thompson and the lawyer when Thompson’s employer calls them in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. Who brings a pink telephone to Thompson in Part 1?

4. What does the cook say about the waitress’s thoughts on the American Dream?

5. What kind of art does the girl with the attorney in the Hotel Flamingo room do?

(see the answer key)

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