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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 do Thompson and the attorney find out when they return to their suite after dealing with the girl the attorney brought to the Hotel Flamingo?

2. In Part II, Chapter 7, what does Thompson think about the police officer in the seminar and drug users?

3. What does the attorney order when he and Thompson stop at a diner in Part II, Chapter 8?

4. What does Thompson decide to do after talking with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?

5. What does the attorney tell Thompson could happen if Thompson struggles against the effects of the drug in Part II, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thompson stop east of Baker and what does he get at a pharmacy?

2. Why does Bruce Innes call Thompson, and what does Thompson do after he talks to Bruce? What is the outcome of the situation?

3. Why does the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk accost Thompson and the attorney when they return to the hotel in Part II, Chapter 4?

4. What happens between Thompson and the attorney and the waitress at the diner in Part II, Chapter 8?

5. What happens when Thompson is checking into the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 2?

6. What does Thompson read in the pharmacy parking lot?

7. How does Thompson’s young friend get out of his trouble, as described in Part II, Chapter 10?

8. What does the waitress at the taco stand in Part II, Chapter 9 believe when Thompson and the attorney tell her they are looking for the American Dream, and what does the cook say to them?

9. What does the attorney advise Thompson to do after he takes care of the problem with Lucy, and what happens immediately after Thompson follows the attorney’s advice?

10. How is Thompson doing several hours after taking the attorney’s advise in Part II, Chapter 5, and what must Thompson do at noon the next day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify a person in the story whom you would consider to be a protagonist if this book was fiction. Explain why you believe the person would be a protagonist in a work of fiction. Identify the persons in the book which, if it was a work of fiction, would be considered the antagonists of the story. Explain why you would chose those individuals as antagonists if the work was fiction. Which three secondary persons have the greatest impact on the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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