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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was trying to interview Thompson in "Bad Nerves in Fat City" when the interview was disrupted by an angry woman pounding on the hotel room door?
(a) Dan Rather.
(b) Dan Roberts.
(c) Dan Hinkle.
(d) Wolf Blitzer.

2. What was Thompson's girlfriend getting a tattoo of in "Saturday Night in the City"?
(a) Fox.
(b) Panther.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Pigeon.

3. What was Thompson following in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"
(a) A whale.
(b) A trout.
(c) A lead on Nixon.
(d) A fox.

4. What did Thompson write would eventually cover all of Utah, in "They All Drowned?"
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) Great Salt Lake.
(c) A glacier.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

5. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"
(a) Ralph Steadman.
(b) Marie.
(c) Skinner.
(d) Frank Mankiewicz.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rise of the TV Preachers," Thompson argued that Pat Robertson would run for President because he was lured by the power that who seemed to wield with the White House?

2. In "The Doctor Will See You Now," Thompson received a letter from whom?

3. How much was the stranger selling the bike for, in "Last Dance in Dumb Town?"

4. Who was being sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in "Strictly Business?"

5. What National Hurricane Center director did Thompson attack in "Revenge of the Fish Heads?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the article "They Called Him Deep Throat" structured? Why?

2. Describe Thompson's plans in "The Worst People in the World."

3. What did Thompson state in his author's note that he cited more than any other source? Why?

4. What was Thompson doing in "Nixon and the Whale Woman"? Why?

5. How did Thompson compare the Chinese government's drug wars to the U.S. government's?

6. What was Thompson's assertion about Reagan and Bush in "Two More Years"?

7. What did Thompson receive in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll"? What were his conclusions of it?

8. What did Thompson assert of Robertson, in "Rise of the TV Preachers"?

9. What is the subject of "Let the Cheap Dogs Eat"? What assertions did Thompson make in this article?

10. What did Thompson do in Las Vegas in "Bull Market on The Strip"?

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