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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) Ed Meese.
(b) Ralph Steadman.
(c) G. Gordon Liddy.
(d) Richard Nixon.

2. Thompson criticized Reagan's what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"
(a) Race relations.
(b) Meeting with Gorbachev.
(c) War on drugs.
(d) Foreign policy.

3. Who did Thompson tell the swingers would put them in jail, in "Nixon and the Whale Woman?"
(a) Hunter S. Thompson.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) The CIA.
(d) Ed Meese.

4. What major news network tried to interview Thompson but was turned away in "Bad Nerves in Fat City?"
(a) NBC News.
(b) ABC News.
(c) CBS News.
(d) FOX News.

5. Who killed all of Skinner's contacts in "Four Million Thugs?"
(a) The CIA.
(b) The Tonton Macoute.
(c) The Tutsi.
(d) The FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dictator's wife was known for her immense shoe collection?

2. What did Thompson write would eventually cover all of Utah, in "They All Drowned?"

3. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"

4. How did Thompson's friend catch trout, in "They All Drowned?"

5. "The Hellfire Club" discussed the sexual scandals of the televangelists Jimmy Swaggart and who else?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Ralph Steadman? How did Thompson describe him?

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

5. Describe Thompson's salvage business. Who were his compatriots?

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

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

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

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

10. What did Thompson write of Ferdinand Marcos in "Memo from the War Room"?

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