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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 tell the girl he has brought to the Hotel Flamingo in order to get her in a good mood?

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

3. What does the attorney do to the Hotel Flamingo maid in Part II, Chapter 11?

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

5. Who, in Part II, Chapter 9, claims the manuscript has become indecipherable?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What changes in the narration in Part II, Chapter 9?

4. What does Thompson and the attorney do with the girl in the hotel room in Part II, Chapter 3?

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

6. Where does Thompson and the attorney sit at the first day of the convention and what are they each wearing?

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

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

9. What do Thompson and the attorney tell the DA from Georgia and what is the DA’s reaction to it?

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

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 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

Thompson refers to himself as a "doctor of journalism," taking on a title that suggests authority. Also, without a doubt, within the field of gonzo journalism Thompson is an authority unto himself.

With research, define gonzo journalism and discuss reasons Thompson might consider himself a gonzo journalist. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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