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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was forced to relocate PLO headquarters from Tunis, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) Vladimir Putin.
(b) Eugene Hasenfus.
(c) Gorbachev.
(d) Yassir Arafat.

2. Whose presidential campaign was caught up in a fund-raising scandal, in "The Loved Ones?"
(a) Alexander Haig.
(b) Gary Hart.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Joe Biden.

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

4. In "The New Dumb," Thompson concluded that the Democratic Party had learned nothing since which election?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1968.

5. 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.

6. In "The End of an Era," Thompson asserted that all of the smart people had already done what?
(a) Left the Carter administration.
(b) Left the Bush administration.
(c) Killed themselves.
(d) Left Reagan's administration.

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

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

9. Who did Thompson believe would likely go to prison in Fort Leavenworth, in "The Lord and a Good Lawyer?"
(a) Oliver North.
(b) Patrick Buchanan.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) George Bush.

10. Who ran against Nixon in the 46th presidential election?
(a) Hubert Humphrey.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

11. Who did Thompson discover was behind the breaking of the Gary Hart scandal in "The Time of the Geek?"
(a) Joe Tydings.
(b) Edward Walton.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) George Bush.

12. In "The Garden of Agony," Thompson analyzed the role of what in politics?
(a) Religion.
(b) Money.
(c) Fame.
(d) Charisma.

13. Who was Nixon's Chief of Domestic Affairs?
(a) Edward Walton.
(b) Alexander Haig.
(c) John Erlichman.
(d) Ed Meese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found Thompson, in "Trapped in Harding Park?"

2. Who did Thompson believe clearly won the Democratic presidential nomination debate?

3. In "The Scum of the Earth," Thompson detailed a feud between Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker, Pat Robertson and who?

4. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"

5. Thompson believed who would be forced to retire, in "The Year of the Pig?"

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