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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saw the scandals as a witch hunt against Ronald Reagan, in "God Bless Colonel North?"
(a) Geoge Bush.
(b) Patrick Buchanan.
(c) Nancy Reagan.
(d) Ed Meese.

2. What mercenary was caught in Nicaragua, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) Yassir Arafat.
(b) Carlo Rozzini.
(c) Eugene Hasenfus.
(d) Vladimir Putin.

3. Thompson believed that who has a chance at the presidential election in "Caligula and the 7 Dwarfs?"
(a) Dukakis.
(b) Bush.
(c) Biden.
(d) Reagan.

4. In "The Trickle-Down Theory," Thompson suggested there was a strong possibility Reagan would what?
(a) Have a heart attack.
(b) Resign.
(c) Be impeached.
(d) Be assassinated.

5. Who was Ronald Reagan meeting with in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) Gorbachev.
(b) The Chinese Dictator.
(c) The French President.
(d) The Polish President.

6. In "The Worm Turns," Thompson wrote that the Reagan Administration looked weak because of the cancellation of a summit with who?
(a) The Israeli Prime Minister.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Yassir Arafat.

7. Who was the Secretary of State who was running for President in 1988?
(a) Bob Dole.
(b) Alexander Haig.
(c) Glen Beck.
(d) Al Gore.

8. Whose testimony did Thompson analyze, in "Cowboys at Sea?"
(a) George Schultz.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Oliver North.

9. In "The Loved Ones," who was considered for a furlough that was ultimately denied because of a public outcry?
(a) Ted Kazinski.
(b) Jesse James.
(c) Mark David Chapman.
(d) John Hinckley.

10. Who was divorcing his wife, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) The Israeli President.
(b) The French President.
(c) The Tunisian President.
(d) The British Prime Minister.

11. Who called Thompson, in "White Trash with Money?"
(a) Skinner.
(b) Ralph Wixom.
(c) Jack Parker.
(d) Smithers.

12. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Lowell Harrelson.
(c) James Skawinski.
(d) Alexander Williams.

13. In "The Scum of the Earth," Thompson detailed a feud between Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker, Pat Robertson and who?
(a) James Williams.
(b) Oral Roberts,
(c) Kieth Baker.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

14. In "Wooing the Degenerate Vote," Thompson predicted that who would make a comeback and win the 1988 election?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) George Bush.

15. Who celebrated wildly after the Gary Hart scandal, according to Thompson, in "A Wild and Crazy Guy?"
(a) Biden.
(b) Bush.
(c) Haig.
(d) Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Other George Bush," Skinner asserted that George Bush is smarter than whom?

2. Whose presidential campaign was caught up in a fund-raising scandal, in "The Loved Ones?"

3. In "The End of an Era," Thompson laid most of the fault of Reagan's presidency at the feet of whom?

4. The weapons supplied to the Iranian regime killed hundreds of marines where?

5. Who did Thompson remind that Oliver North supplied the Iranians with arms in "It was You, Charlie?"

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