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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 think he might find out who won the Mint 400?

2. How much money was the man who talked about abusing his wife given when he was taken to the bus stop?

3. What does the lawyer ask Thompson to do when Thompson returns to the hotel room in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. What does Thompson think is the way Lacerda returned to L.A.?

5. Who does Thompson mention when he talks about the long term effects of drug use?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thompson decide to do when the attorney goes into a panic in the Circus-Circus?

2. Why is Thompson feeling so overwhelmed at the thought of leaving Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 11?

3. What do Thompson and his attorney do right before they leave for Las Vegas?

4. What does Thompson’s lawyer ask him to do when Thompson finds him in the bathtub? What is the result of that request?

5. What happens when Thompson and the lawyer attempt to check into the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?

6. What does Thompson notice about other journalists at the Mint 400, and how does he feel about what he sees?

7. What is the thought that finally spurs Thompson to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 11?

8. What does the attorney think when he and Thompson find the photographer’s key waiting for them?

9. What bothers Thompson about the newspaper he is reading while waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part I, Chapter 9?

10. What does Thompson say he and his attorney must do to prepare for the trip to Las Vegas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

Essay Topic 2

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Does all non-fiction have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 3

Thompson and the attorney have contact with two young people, a young male hitchhiker and a young runaway female.

Compare the two young people as to their innocence and corruptive nature of society. Why might the hitchhiker have remained uncorrupted? Is the girl’s innocence completely gone? How do you think both of them see the world after their contact with Thompson and the attorney? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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