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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson demand the latest numbers on, in "Showdown in the Pig Palace?"
(a) Gubernatorial races.
(b) Senate races.
(c) Presidential race.
(d) House races.

2. Who first went to look at the motorcycle for sale, in "Last Dance in Dumb Town?"
(a) Cromwell.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Crazy Bob.
(d) Cliff.

3. Who did Thompson tell the swingers would put them in jail, in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"
(a) Hunter S. Thompson.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) The CIA.
(d) Ed Meese.

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) Northern California.
(b) Martha's Vineyard.
(c) Chappaquiddick.
(d) Arizona.

6. In "Lester Maddox Lives," the Supreme Court refused to overturn which anti-sodomy law?
(a) Kansas'.
(b) Arkansas'.
(c) Georgia's.
(d) Florida's.

7. "The Pro-Flogging View" was a response to a letter from whom?
(a) James Kirkpatrick.
(b) Ed Meese.
(c) Sarah Stephens.
(d) Ralph Steadman.

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

9. What time did Thompson receive a phone call in "Showdown in the Pig Palace?"
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

10. Where was Thompson in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"
(a) East of San Francisco.
(b) In Oregon.
(c) North of San Francisco.
(d) In Los Angeles.

11. Thompson claimed, in "Let the Cheap Dogs Eat," that the most successful dog fighters make up to how much money in a night?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $10,000.

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

13. Who was the executive vice president at CNN in the book?
(a) Ted Turner.
(b) Steve Turner.
(c) Ned Turner.
(d) Ed Turner.

14. What concert did Thompson watch on "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) The Doors.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Rolling Stones.
(d) The Who.

15. 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) Alice Walters.
(c) Jenna Jameson.
(d) Debbie Khan.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What did Thompson refer to as an evil but inescapable business in "Full-time Scrambling?"

4. In "The Hellfire Club," Thompson compared politicians' and evangelists' affairs to British men in what century?

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

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