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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "I Slit My Own Eyeballs," Thompson described _____ as a truly horrific month for politicians running for office.
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) December.

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

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

4. After looking at the statistics in "A Wild and Crazy Guy," Thompson concluded that the Republicans would hold the White House for how long?
(a) 12 years.
(b) A generation.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 8 years.

5. Who was the new White House Press Secretary in "New Blood on the Tracks?"
(a) Robert McFarlane.
(b) James Carville.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Marlin Fitzwater.

6. Who was the architect of the Republican campaign in the 1986 Congressional elections on television?
(a) Andrew Smithson.
(b) Mitchell Daniels.
(c) Robin Anderson.
(d) James Daniels.

7. What did Thompson assert had been dysfunctional for many years, in "Dance of the Seven Dwarfs?"
(a) The United States.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Congress.
(d) The Republican Party.

8. Who was the only person Thompson saw who could have benefited from the Iran-Contra scandal?
(a) Oliver North.
(b) Ed Meese.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

9. Senator Warren Rudman was a senator from where?
(a) Maine.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Nebraska.

10. Who was Reagan's new Supreme Court nominee in "Here Come de Judge?"
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Andrew McWarren.
(c) Robert Bork.
(d) Richard Ensler.

11. Who was Richard Nixon's attorney during the Watergate scandal?
(a) Michael Enderson.
(b) Edward Walton.
(c) John Erlichman.
(d) Herbert Kalmbach.

12. The weapons supplied to the Iranian regime killed hundreds of marines where?
(a) France.
(b) Israel.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Lebanon.

13. Who was the Secretary of State that Thompson addresses in "Letter to the President?"
(a) James Baker.
(b) James Kennedy.
(c) James Stewart.
(d) James Williams.

14. "Back to the Ormsby House" was Thompson's short take on the 1986 ______ elections.
(a) Senatorial.
(b) Gubernatorial.
(c) Presidential.
(d) Congressional.

15. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind?"
(a) Carson Sink.
(b) Clanson Sink.
(c) Donhay Disaster.
(d) Chernobyl.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Thompson's friend bet on in his Superbowl bet, in "Trapped in Harding Park?"

3. Who was the House of Representatives Counsel in the Oliver North hearings?

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

5. Who was the head of the CIA during the time the book was written?

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