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

2. How does the attorney feel about Thompson’s decision in Part II, Chapter 5?

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

4. How much money do the two drug dealers in jail in Part II, Chapter 10 have between them?

5. What does Thompson realize about the people at the convention in Part II, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What happened to a friend of Thompson’s in Las Vegas, as described in Part II, Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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?

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