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

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

3. For what was Thompson’s friend in Part II, Chapter 10 jailed?

4. What is written instead of the manuscript, as explained in Part II, Chapter 9?

5. Where does Thompson abandon the Red Shark?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Hunter S. Thompson. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her books? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Thompson's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Thompson's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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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