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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 40-71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Thompson say he has used more lines from than any other work?
(a) The book of Revelation.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Seattle Times.
(d) The book of Job.

2. What major news network tried to interview Thompson but was turned away in "Bad Nerves in Fat City?"
(a) NBC News.
(b) FOX News.
(c) CBS News.
(d) ABC News.

3. "A Generation of Swine" begins with Thompson describing people's obsessions with doing what at home?
(a) Watching movies.
(b) Socializing.
(c) Testing their health.
(d) Eating dinner.

4. Who did Thompson hope would go to South Africa with him, in "The Worst People in the World?"
(a) Farah Fawcett.
(b) Jennifer Lee.
(c) Vanessa Williams.
(d) Teri Fischer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ted Kennedy drive off a bridge?

2. Who told Thompson he would have to buy a de-scrambler to watch most channels on his television in "Full-time Scrambling?"

3. Where did Thompson live during the writing of Generation of Swine?

4. What was Thompson's girlfriend getting a tattoo of in "Saturday Night in the City"?

5. Where was Thompson in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"

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