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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was trying to interview Thompson in "Bad Nerves in Fat City" when the interview was disrupted by an angry woman pounding on the hotel room door?
(a) Dan Hinkle.
(b) Wolf Blitzer.
(c) Dan Rather.
(d) Dan Roberts.

2. What was the name of the Filipino president discussed in "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(b) Tonton Macoute.
(c) Ferdinand Marcos.
(d) Andre Ferdinando.

3. "They Called Him Deep Throat" was split between a discussion of televangelist Pat Robertson and what Watergate conspirator?
(a) Ralph Steadman.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) G. Gordon Liddy.

4. Where was Thompson trying to go in "Last Train from Chicago?"
(a) Montreal.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Florida.

5. Who did Thompson believe would likely go to prison in Fort Leavenworth, in "The Lord and a Good Lawyer?"
(a) Oliver North.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Patrick Buchanan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mercenary was caught in Nicaragua, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"

2. "Crazy Patrick and Big Al" refered to Patrick Buchanan and who?

3. Where did Thompson have lunch, in "It Was You, Charlie?"

4. In "The South African Problem," Thompson suggested that Reagan was planning on doing what?

5. 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?

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