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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many types of marijuana use does a speaker name at the convention in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. What does Thompson tell the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk about Lucy?
(a) She is part of a case study for the drug seminar.
(b) She works there.
(c) She is jail bait.
(d) She is a run away.

3. What does the waitress call the American Dream?
(a) The poor man's comfort.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The Psychiatrist’s Club.
(d) The Democracy Institute.

4. How is Thompson treated when he steps around the argument in the lobby and jumps ahead at the Hotel Flamingo?
(a) He is sent out of the hotel.
(b) He is treated like a VIP.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is arrested.

5. What does Thompson call Timothy Leary?
(a) A misguided sage.
(b) A genious.
(c) A fool.
(d) A fake.

6. What did the young man do with the astronaut’s autograph?
(a) Give it to his girlfriend.
(b) Put it in his pocket.
(c) Tear it up.
(d) Put it on the bulletin board.

7. What bothers Thompson most about the people attending the narcotics conference?
(a) They are all men.
(b) Their beliefs are completely opposite his.
(c) They are all white.
(d) They do not like homosexuals.

8. What does Thompson think about when he returns to the room at the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Lucy.
(b) The terrible condition of the room.
(c) Whether the attorney’s plane had landed in L.A. yet.
(d) Going to a show that night.

9. What is written instead of the manuscript, as explained in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) Verbatim transcription of tape recordings.
(b) Copies of newspaper articles.
(c) A dialogue on drugs and the brain.
(d) Poetry.

10. What car does Thompson chose at the rental booth in Part II?
(a) A Cadillac.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A Volvo.
(d) A Jeep.

11. Why does Thompson stop at the gas station with the White Whale in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) To follow a car with yelling hippies in it.
(b) To put air in the tires.
(c) To get some munchies.
(d) To get gas.

12. In what condition does Thompson find his attorney when Thompson arrives at their room in the Hotel Falmaingo?
(a) Sober and alert.
(b) Asleep.
(c) Depressed and tearful.
(d) Completely wasted.

13. How long is the opening session of the seminar in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Four hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Three hours.

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

15. What is the effect of the drug Thompson takes in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) There is not a big effect.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He becomes manic for hours.
(d) He falls into a state of paralysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thompson drinking Bloody Marys at the beginning of Part II?

2. Where is the DA from that Thompson and the attorney talk to in the bar?

3. What crime do Thompson and the attorney tell the DA they speak to in the bar is sweeping the country?

4. What did the person Thompson read about in the newspaper in the pharmacy parking lotdo while in jail?

5. Who, in Part II, Chapter 9, claims the manuscript has become indecipherable?

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