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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. "They Called Him Deep Throat" was split between a discussion of televangelist Pat Robertson and what Watergate conspirator?
(a) G. Gordon Liddy.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Ralph Steadman.

2. What was the name of the Filipino president discussed in "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(b) Andre Ferdinando.
(c) Tonton Macoute.
(d) Ferdinand Marcos.

3. Thompson claimed, in "Let the Cheap Dogs Eat," that the most successful dog fighters make up to how much money in a night?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $40,000.

4. Where did Thompson fly to, in "Strictly Business?"
(a) Denver.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Shreveport.
(d) Toronto.

5. At what university was Thompson going to lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) New York University.
(b) Berkeley University.
(c) Concordia University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Who did Thompson conclude was the obvious front runner in the primaries in "Off with Their Heads?"

4. In "Dealing with Pigs," Thompson doubted there was a connection between violence and what?

5. Who told Thompson he would have to buy a de-scrambler to watch most channels on his television in "Full-time Scrambling?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Thompson's attorney trying to save in "Deported to Malaysia"? What did Thompson do?

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

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

7. What took place in "Saturday Night in the City"? Who are the main figures in the story?

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

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

10. What did Thompson write about the media in "Bad Nerves in Fat City"?

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