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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 194-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told Thompson he would have to buy a de-scrambler to watch most channels on his television in "Full-time Scrambling?"
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Warren.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Skinner.

2. What did Thompson kill, in "A Death in the Family?"
(a) A chicken.
(b) A fox.
(c) A deer.
(d) A goose.

3. What porn actress was revealed to have been underage while making her first films, in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?"
(a) Traci Lords.
(b) Debbie Khan.
(c) Jenna Jameson.
(d) Alice Walters.

4. What happened to Reagan's veto on sanctions in South Africa, in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) It is dead in the water.
(b) It is overruled.
(c) It is enacted.
(d) It is rejected.

5. In "Ronald Reagan is Doomed," Thompson wrote that people were already fleeing the Reagan Administration because of what?
(a) Chirnobyl disaster.
(b) Iran-Contra scandal.
(c) Watergate scandal.
(d) Gary Hart scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Back to the Ormsby House" was Thompson's short take on the 1986 ______ elections.

2. Who won the 1987 Super Bowl?

3. Who did Thompson bet against in the Chicago Bears game in "Meat Sickness?"

4. Who was forced to relocate PLO headquarters from Tunis, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"

5. Thompson was critical of the government's spending on what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"

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