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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which team was playing the Boston Celtics in "Four More Games?"
(a) Seattle Mariners.
(b) Dallas Cowboys.
(c) New Jersey Nets.
(d) Houston Rockets.

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

3. Thompson was critical of the government's spending on what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"
(a) Prison.
(b) Social reform.
(c) Wars.
(d) Wall Street.

4. The man who sat next to Thompson on the plane in "Strictly Business" worked for what?
(a) CIA.
(b) FBI.
(c) Federal Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
(d) Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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

6. 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) Canadian.
(d) Chinese.

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

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

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

10. Who did Thompson hope would send him to South Africa in "The Worst People in the World?"
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Examiner.
(c) The Chronicle.
(d) The Post.

11. What was the Captain's name in "Salvage is Not Looting?"
(a) Crazy Bob.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Adam.
(d) Brady.

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

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

14. In "The Doctor Will See You Now," Thompson received a letter from whom?
(a) Skinner.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ralph Steadman.
(d) CBS News.

15. 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) Oral Roberts.
(b) Jerry Falwell.
(c) Jim Baker.
(d) Jimmy Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Thompson in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"

2. Whose report linked pornography to violence, in "Four More Games?"

3. "A Generation of Swine" begins with Thompson describing people's obsessions with doing what at home?

4. What concert did Thompson watch on "Memo from the War Room?"

5. Who did Thompson bet against in the Chicago Bears game in "Meat Sickness?"

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