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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 134-162.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Thompson say would be elected in 1988, at his lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Gary Hart.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Frank Zappa.

3. Where was Thompson traveling, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"
(a) Denver.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Sacramento.

4. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"
(a) Skinner.
(b) Frank Mankiewicz.
(c) Ralph Steadman.
(d) Marie.

5. Thompson was critical of the government's spending on what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"
(a) Wall Street.
(b) Prison.
(c) Social reform.
(d) Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Thompson following in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"

2. "They Called Him Deep Throat" was split between a discussion of televangelist Pat Robertson and what Watergate conspirator?

3. What did Thompson receive in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?"

4. Who did Thompson hope would go to South Africa with him, in "The Worst People in the World?"

5. Who first went to look at the motorcycle for sale, in "Last Dance in Dumb Town?"

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