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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 224-253.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Thompson fly to, in "Strictly Business?"
(a) Toronto.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Shreveport.
(d) Denver.

5. Where did Ted Kennedy drive off a bridge?
(a) Chappaquiddick.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Northern California.
(d) Martha's Vineyard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Thompson wish the Filipino president would be sent, in "Memo from the War Room?"

3. What happened to Reagan's veto on sanctions in South Africa, in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"

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

5. Who did Thompson hope would send him to South Africa in "The Worst People in the World?"

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