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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was forced to relocate PLO headquarters from Tunis, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) Yassir Arafat.
(b) Gorbachev.
(c) Vladimir Putin.
(d) Eugene Hasenfus.

2. The man who sat next to Thompson on the plane in "Strictly Business" worked for what?
(a) CIA.
(b) Federal Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
(c) FBI.
(d) Federal Bureau of Prisons.

3. In "Rise of the TV Preachers," Thompson argued that Pat Robertson would run for President because he was lured by the power that who seemed to wield with the White House?
(a) Oral Roberts.
(b) Jimmy Stewart.
(c) Jerry Falwell.
(d) Jim Baker.

4. In "Lester Maddox Lives," Thompson was horrified that an openly _____ governor was still a respected political figure.
(a) Liberal.
(b) Religious.
(c) Gay.
(d) Segregationist.

5. Who told Thompson he would have to buy a de-scrambler to watch most channels on his television in "Full-time Scrambling?"
(a) Warren.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Skinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dealing with Pigs," Thompson doubted there was a connection between violence and what?

2. In "Last Train from Chicago," Thompson met a man who claimed to be friends with whom?

3. Thompson argues that for years the Chinese government had tried to eliminate what but failed, in "Down to a Sunless Sea?"

4. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"

5. What Superbowl was it, in "Meat Sickness?"

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