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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) Wolf Blitzer.
(b) Dan Hinkle.
(c) Dan Roberts.
(d) Dan Rather.

2. Who did Thompson say would be elected in 1988, at his lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Gary Hart.
(c) Frank Zappa.
(d) George Bush.

3. What work did Thompson say he has used more lines from than any other work?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The book of Revelation.
(c) The book of Job.
(d) The Seattle Times.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Thompson going to lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"

2. Who did Thompson hope would go to South Africa with him, in "The Worst People in the World?"

3. Who first went to look at the motorcycle for sale, in "Last Dance in Dumb Town?"

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

5. In "The Hellfire Club," Thompson compared politicians' and evangelists' affairs to British men in what century?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who did Thompson encounter in "Strictly Business"? What interaction took place?

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

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

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

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

8. Where did Thompson go in "The Beast with Three Backs"? Why?

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

10. What did Thompson write about Imelda Marcos in "Just Another Terrorist"?

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