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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the "plunderer" in "Salvage is Not Looting?"
(a) Crazy Bob.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Brady.
(d) Crazy Mean Brian.

2. What did Thompson write would eventually cover all of Utah, in "They All Drowned?"
(a) A glacier.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) Great Salt Lake.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

3. What Haitian dictator had fallen, in "Kill Them Before They Eat?"
(a) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(b) Pierre Beaudrioux.
(c) Baby Dontiole.
(d) Doc Dontiole.

4. What did Thompson receive in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?"
(a) A contract.
(b) The Reagan Report.
(c) A porn video.
(d) The Meese Report.

5. In "Rise of the TV Preachers," Thompson argued that Pat Robertson would run for President because he was lured by the power that who seemed to wield with the White House?
(a) Jim Baker.
(b) Oral Roberts.
(c) Jerry Falwell.
(d) Jimmy Stewart.

6. What did Thompson write are always available in hotel rooms, in his Introduction?
(a) Ashtrays.
(b) Matches.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Bibles.

7. Where was Thompson at the beginning of "Strictly Business?"
(a) Denver.
(b) St. Paul.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Los Angeles.

8. Who did Thompson discover was withdrawing from the race in "Apres Moi, le Deluge?"
(a) Geoge Bush.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) Gary Hart.
(d) Patrick Buchanan.

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

10. Where did Thompson live during the writing of Generation of Swine?
(a) Seattle, WA.
(b) Woody Creek, CO.
(c) Denver, CO.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

11. What work did Thompson say he has used more lines from than any other work?
(a) The book of Revelation.
(b) The Seattle Times.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The book of Job.

12. The friend who called Thompson in "Showdown in the Pig Palace" was what profession?
(a) News anchor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Politician.
(d) Political strategist.

13. In "Last Train from Chicago," Thompson met a man who claimed to be friends with whom?
(a) John Madden.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) President Reagan.
(d) James Adams.

14. Who butchered an ox with Reagan's face on it, in "Ox Butchered in Tripoli?"
(a) Kazinsky.
(b) Khadafy.
(c) Marcos.
(d) Hussein.

15. Who did Thompson call in "The Woman from Kiev?"
(a) Ralph Steadman.
(b) Frank Mankiewicz.
(c) Sarah Stephens.
(d) Skinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson say would be elected in 1988, at his lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"

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

3. Boca Chica was the most popular bar where?

4. "Dealing with Pigs" was Thompson's reaction to what?

5. Who called Thompson in "Apres Moi, le Deluge?"

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