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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Thompson bet against in the Chicago Bears game in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) New Orleans Saints.
(b) Seattle Mariners.
(c) New England Patriots.
(d) New York Giants.

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

3. What concert did Thompson watch on "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) The Doors.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Who.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

4. What was Thompson's girlfriend getting a tattoo of in "Saturday Night in the City"?
(a) Panther.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Fox.

5. What Haitian dictator had fallen, in "Kill Them Before They Eat?"
(a) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(b) Baby Dontiole.
(c) Pierre Beaudrioux.
(d) Doc Dontiole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Worst People in the World," Thompson claimed to be applying for what?

2. "A Generation of Swine" begins with Thompson describing people's obsessions with doing what at home?

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

4. Which politician was caught having extramarital affairs in the 1988 election?

5. What did Thompson refer to as an evil but inescapable business in "Full-time Scrambling?"

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