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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 is in the car Thompson has in Part 1, Chapter 9?

2. What did Thompson decide to do after talking with the individual he gave as an example of long term drug use?

3. How long was Thompson able to keep his original decision never to use LSD?

4. What does Thompson do to keep the hitchhiker from getting suspicious as to the men’s condition in Part 1?

5. Why does the attorney pull the car off the road in Part 1, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thompson decide to leave Las Vegas in Part I, Chapter 9?

2. Why is Hunter Thompson going to Las Vegas at the beginning of the book?

3. 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?

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

6. What was the result of Thompson’s encounter with the person in his story about the effects of long-term drug use?

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

8. 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?

9. What is waiting for Thompson at Hotel Flamingo in Part I, Chapter 10, and what does Thompson decide to do about the telegram he receives?

10. Why and how does the hitchhiker leave the car that the attorney is driving?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Hunter S. Thompson. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her books? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Thompson's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Thompson's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action-driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is? Explain your response.

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