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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 attorney advise Thompson to do in Part II, Chapter 5?

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

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

4. Over what do Thompson and the attorney haggle with the waitress in Part II, Chapter 9?

5. How does the DA in the bar act when Thompson and the attorney give specifics of crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thompson do with the Red Shark in the beginning of Part II, and what does he do right after that?

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

3. What happens with the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11 when she comes into the suite when Thompson and the attorney are there?

4. What happened in Aspen when Bruce was singing there one time?

5. How does Thompson feel when he returns to their destroyed suite at the Hotel Flamingo in Part II, Chapter 11?

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

7. How does Thompson handle the situation with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are numerous references that Thompson makes to the American Dream. Two are: Thompson begins a fairly lucid explanation for their trip through the desert. He and his attorney, Thompson says, are in search of the American Dream. Thompson and his attorney sit in the bar of the Circus-Circus, the attorney begins to complain of a drug-induced paranoia that is slowly taking hold of him. Thompson attempts to combat this by telling his companion that they are sitting in the "vortex of the American dream."

Define the American Dream according to Thompson. What does it encompass? Why is he looking for it? Is it real? Do you think he finds it by the end of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? Use at least three examples of places in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when Thompson mentions the American Dream.

Essay Topic 2

Thompson and his attorney consume massive amounts of drugs in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Discuss the destruction of property, the violence, immoral behavior and inability to behave in a socially acceptable manner due to the drugs the two men use. Use examples from the text to support your answer.19. Discuss the following:

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a book? Do you think Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would qualify as a book with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fictionalized memoir and do you think Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful book and why Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is or is not a successful book based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful book should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not

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