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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson criticized Reagan's what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"
(a) Foreign policy.
(b) Meeting with Gorbachev.
(c) Race relations.
(d) War on drugs.

2. Who was likely to go on trial, in "The American Dream?"
(a) George Bush.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Oliver North.
(d) Joe Biden.

3. In "Deported to Malaysia," Thompson received a call from his attorney, who was attempting to save a ____ man from killing himself at a bar near the golf course.
(a) Mexican.
(b) Israeli.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Canadian.

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

5. In "The Hellfire Club," Thompson compared politicians' and evangelists' affairs to British men in what century?
(a) 12th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 17th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson make a bet with, in "Midnight in the Desert?"

2. "The Death Ship" describes a barge in the Northeast carrying what?

3. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?

4. Where was Thompson at the beginning of "Strictly Business?"

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

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