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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. What event did Thompson attend, in "A Clean, Ill-Lighted Place?"
(a) Tony Awards.
(b) Erotic Film Awards.
(c) Emmy Awards.
(d) Oscar Awards.

2. 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?
(a) Jimmy Stewart.
(b) Jim Baker.
(c) Oral Roberts.
(d) Jerry Falwell.

3. Who did Thompson make a bet with, in "Midnight in the Desert?"
(a) Jack Parker.
(b) Ralph Welch.
(c) Skinner.
(d) John Parker.

4. In "The Worst People in the World," Thompson claimed to be applying for what?
(a) The Oscar Award.
(b) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) The "Journalist in Space" program.
(d) The "Journalist Abroad" program.

5. In "The Doctor Will See You Now," Thompson received a letter from whom?
(a) Ralph Steadman.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Skinner.
(d) CBS News.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose report linked pornography to violence, in "Four More Games?"

2. Who was the "plunderer" in "Salvage is Not Looting?"

3. Who killed all of Skinner's contacts in "Four Million Thugs?"

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

5. Who did Thompson say would be elected in 1988, at his lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thompson write about "driving" in "The Dim and Dirty Road"?

2. What was the consensus of statistics discussed between Thompson and the political strategist in "Showdown in the Pig Palace"?

3. How is Gary Hart introduced in "Gary Hart Talks Politics"? What wasThompson's opinion of Hart?

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

5. What took place in Thompson's episodic "Last Dance in Dumb Town"?

6. Why did Thompson hope to go to Haiti in "Kill Them Before They Eat"?

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

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

9. What did Thompson write about Lester Maddox in the book?

10. Why did Thompson place the bet he did in "Meat Sickness"?

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