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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did the dynamite-laden vehicle sit in Thompson's yard before a neighbor blew it up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"
(a) 1 week.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

2. In "The Time Has Come," Thompson discussed a poll that said the majority of voters would vote for who in November?
(a) Gary Hart.
(b) Michael Dukakis.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

3. In "Cowboys at Sea," Thompson related the testimony in court to an attack of an oil tanker where?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Kuwait.

4. 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.

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

6. What did Thompson attempt to blow up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"
(a) A Corvette.
(b) A Jeep.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A truck.

7. What was the chapter title "A Wild and Crazy Guy" in reference to?
(a) Saturday Night Live.
(b) A John Denver song.
(c) I Love Lucy.
(d) A Beatles song.

8. Where did Thompson go, in "White Trash with Money?"
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Fort Lauderdale.

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

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

11. What National Security Adviser attempted suicide in "Gone with the Wind?"
(a) Alexander Haig.
(b) Robert McFarlane.
(c) James Carville.
(d) Ed Meese.

12. What happened to Reagan's veto on sanctions in South Africa, in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) It is enacted.
(b) It is rejected.
(c) It is overruled.
(d) It is dead in the water.

13. What obscure musician did Skinner claim George Bush is a fan of, in "The Other George Bush?"
(a) Leonard Cohen.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Tom Waits.
(d) Bjork.

14. In "The South African Problem," Thompson suggested that Reagan was planning on doing what?
(a) Waging war on Northern Ireland.
(b) Waging war on Iraq.
(c) Taking in Afrikaner refugees.
(d) Waging war on South Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did a leak say was not really in the hospital, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"

2. What did Thompson kill, in "A Death in the Family?"

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

4. Who celebrated wildly after the Gary Hart scandal, according to Thompson, in "A Wild and Crazy Guy?"

5. Thompson believed that the Iran-Contra scandal would make what look like nothing in comparison, in "God Bless Colonel North?"

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