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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 162-194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson refer to as an evil but inescapable business in "Full-time Scrambling?"
(a) Television.
(b) Radio.
(c) Politics.
(d) Writing.

2. Thompson argues that for years the Chinese government had tried to eliminate what but failed, in "Down to a Sunless Sea?"
(a) Opium.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Morphine.

3. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"
(a) Skinner.
(b) Ralph Steadman.
(c) Marie.
(d) Frank Mankiewicz.

4. Who butchered an ox with Reagan's face on it, in "Ox Butchered in Tripoli?"
(a) Hussein.
(b) Kazinsky.
(c) Khadafy.
(d) Marcos.

5. In "Deported to Malaysia," Thompson received a call from his attorney, who was attempting to save a ____ man from killing himself at a bar near the golf course.
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Israeli.
(d) Canadian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?

2. What major news network tried to interview Thompson but was turned away in "Bad Nerves in Fat City?"

3. Boca Chica was the most popular bar where?

4. Who did Thompson make a bet with, in "Midnight in the Desert?"

5. When did Thompson plan on going to Haiti, in "Kill Them Before They Eat?"

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