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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Michael Dukakis.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) Gary Hart.

2. Who did Thompson bet against in the Chicago Bears game in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) New York Giants.
(b) New Orleans Saints.
(c) Seattle Mariners.
(d) New England Patriots.

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

4. Based on whose seeming advice did Thompson place his bet in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) Ralph Nader's.
(b) The Pope.
(c) President Reagan's.
(d) Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

5. "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.

6. Where was Thompson traveling, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Denver.
(d) Sacramento.

7. 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) Dan Roberts.
(b) Dan Rather.
(c) Dan Hinkle.
(d) Wolf Blitzer.

8. What National Hurricane Center director did Thompson attack in "Revenge of the Fish Heads?"
(a) Dr. Stephen Paulson.
(b) Dr. James Frost.
(c) Dr. Neil Frank.
(d) Dr. Michael Warren.

9. 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) $20,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $10,000.

10. Who killed all of Skinner's contacts in "Four Million Thugs?"
(a) The Tutsi.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The Tonton Macoute.
(d) The FBI.

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

12. "The Hellfire Club" discussed the sexual scandals of the televangelists Jimmy Swaggart and who else?
(a) Jim Bakker.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Gary Hart.

13. Who approached Thompson, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"
(a) A drug officer.
(b) An off-duty detective.
(c) An off-duty police officer.
(d) An off-duty pilot.

14. Where was Thompson trying to go in "Last Train from Chicago?"
(a) Montreal.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

15. Where was Thompson going to lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Quebec.
(b) Montreal.
(c) New York.
(d) Sacramento.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Filipino president discussed in "Memo from the War Room?"

2. Which politician was caught having extramarital affairs in the 1988 election?

3. What Superbowl was it, in "Meat Sickness?"

4. Where did Thompson go with Doug and Terrence in "The Beast with Three Backs?"

5. Thompson argues that for years the Chinese government had tried to eliminate what but failed, in "Down to a Sunless Sea?"

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