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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dictator's wife was known for her immense shoe collection?
(a) Annette DePaulo.
(b) Annette Marcos.
(c) Marie Duvalier.
(d) Imelda Marcos.

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

3. What event did Thompson attend, in "A Clean, Ill-Lighted Place?"
(a) Emmy Awards.
(b) Oscar Awards.
(c) Erotic Film Awards.
(d) Tony Awards.

4. Who called Thompson in "Apres Moi, le Deluge?"
(a) CBS News.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Marco.
(d) Frank.

5. Who won the Superbowl in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) Seattle Mariners.
(b) Chicago Bears.
(c) New York Giants.
(d) Dallas Cowboys.

6. Thompson criticized Reagan's what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"
(a) Meeting with Gorbachev.
(b) Foreign policy.
(c) Race relations.
(d) War on drugs.

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

8. Who did Thompson say would be elected in 1988, at his lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Gary Hart.
(b) Frank Zappa.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Richard Nixon.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. How did Thompson's friend catch trout, in "They All Drowned?"
(a) With a bayonette.
(b) With a shotgun.
(c) With a net.
(d) With a hook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Thompson's girlfriend getting a tattoo of in "Saturday Night in the City"?

2. Boca Chica was the most popular bar where?

3. Thompson was critical of the government's spending on what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"

4. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"

5. In "Last Train from Chicago," Thompson met a man who claimed to be friends with whom?

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