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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. What does the lawyer do when he begins to feel the effects of the mescaline in Part 1, Chapter 6?
2. What does Thompson briefly think to do when the hitchhiker talks about the car?
3. What do Thompson and the lawyer do right before they leave for Las Vegas?
4. Why does Thompson get a telegram in Part 1, Chapter 10?
5. What does Thompson say the two men have to wear to Las Vegas?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Thompson realize after the attorney pulls a gun on him in Part I, Chapter 3?
2. What worries Thompson about his and his attorney’s behavior in front of the hitchhiker, and what does Thompson decide to do about it?
3. What does Thompson tell the lawyer they must do when they get to their room in the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?
4. What bothers Thompson about the newspaper he is reading while waiting for his car to be brought to him in Part I, Chapter 9?
5. What happens when Thompson and the lawyer attempt to check into the first hotel they stay at in Las Vegas?
6. Where does Thompson stop in Baker, California, and how is he feeling while he is there?
7. What story does Thompson tell readers about the effects of long term drug use?
8. Where does Thompson and his lawyer go for a show after leaving the Mint 400, and what happens there? What do they do after that?
9. What was the result of Thompson’s encounter with the person in his story about the effects of long-term drug use?
10. How is Thompson trying to leave Las Vegas at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 11?
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
One of the recurring images throughout Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is violence. This violence is drug related, or part of the Vietnam War, or the conflict between the protestors and police. Much of the violence cited in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is in the form of Thompson reading newspapers.
Discuss what the author is attempting to say about America and violence. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The attorney fills a young girl full of drugs and then uses her sexually.
Discuss why what the attorney does with Lucy is rape and whether you think he should be prosecuted or not. Discuss reasons Lucy might have for being in the room with him. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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