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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. To where do Thompson and the attorney ask for directions in Part II, Chapter 9?

2. Who is giving a speech on the television in Part II, Chapter 5?

3. Who does Thompson encounter at the Hotel Flamingo?

4. What did the person Thompson read about in the newspaper in the pharmacy parking lotdo while in jail?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. 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?

5. How does the attorney keep Thompson from leaving Las Vegas in Part II, Chapter 5?

6. What does Thompson find when he enters his hotel room in Part II, Chapter 3?

7. How long is the first session of the convention in Part II, Chapter 7, and how does Thompson feel about being there?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. What happens when Thompson is at the car rental booth in Part II?

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

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.

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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