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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 254-283.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson write are always available in hotel rooms, in his Introduction?
(a) Ashtrays.
(b) Matches.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Bibles.

2. Thompson wrote that no press secretary had truly been good since either Pierre Salinger under Kennedy or who at the beginning of Reagan's first term?
(a) Jim Brady.
(b) Robert McFarlane.
(c) Marlin Fitzwater.
(d) Ed Meese.

3. What time did Thompson receive a phone call in "Showdown in the Pig Palace?"
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

4. Who did Thompson take to a psychic for legal advice, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"
(a) Heese.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Anderson.

5. What new Dallas Cowboys' quarterback did Thompson bet on, in "Midnight in the Desert?"
(a) Norman Waler.
(b) Herschel Walker.
(c) Jason Anderson.
(d) Andrew Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"

2. Who did a leak say was not really in the hospital, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"

3. The man who sat next to Thompson on the plane in "Strictly Business" worked for what?

4. In "The Trickle-Down Theory," Thompson suggested there was a strong possibility Reagan would what?

5. What National Security Adviser attempted suicide in "Gone with the Wind?"

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