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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 284-313.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was trying to interview Thompson in "Bad Nerves in Fat City" when the interview was disrupted by an angry woman pounding on the hotel room door?
(a) Wolf Blitzer.
(b) Dan Hinkle.
(c) Dan Roberts.
(d) Dan Rather.

2. In "Lester Maddox Lives," Thompson was horrified that an openly _____ governor was still a respected political figure.
(a) Religious.
(b) Gay.
(c) Segregationist.
(d) Liberal.

3. 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.

4. At what university was Thompson going to lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Concordia University.
(b) Berkeley University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) New York University.

5. Whose report linked pornography to violence, in "Four More Games?"
(a) Ed Meese's.
(b) Michael Moore's.
(c) Ronald Reagan's.
(d) George Bush's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson believed that the Iran-Contra scandal would make what look like nothing in comparison, in "God Bless Colonel North?"

2. Who did Thompson take to a psychic for legal advice, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"

3. What new Dallas Cowboys' quarterback did Thompson bet on, in "Midnight in the Desert?"

4. In "The Worm Turns," Thompson wrote that the Reagan Administration looked weak because of the cancellation of a summit with who?

5. What did Thompson demand the latest numbers on, in "Showdown in the Pig Palace?"

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