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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 the only person Thompson saw who could have benefited from the Iran-Contra scandal?
(a) Oliver North.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) George Bush.

2. In "The End of an Era," Thompson laid most of the fault of Reagan's presidency at the feet of whom?
(a) Richard Haynes.
(b) Ed Meese.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

3. Who was Reagan's new Supreme Court nominee in "Here Come de Judge?"
(a) Richard Ensler.
(b) Andrew McWarren.
(c) Robert Bork.
(d) James Wilson.

4. Whose testimony was described, in "Blame It on Dead Bill?"
(a) Ed Meese.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Oliver North.

5. Who was the architect of the Republican campaign in the 1986 Congressional elections on television?
(a) Mitchell Daniels.
(b) James Daniels.
(c) Robin Anderson.
(d) Andrew Smithson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What obscure musician did Skinner claim George Bush is a fan of, in "The Other George Bush?"

2. Who was the Secretary of State that Thompson addresses in "Letter to the President?"

3. What was the home state of President Richard Nixon?

4. Who won the 1987 Super Bowl?

5. Who was the new White House Press Secretary in "New Blood on the Tracks?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the subject of "The South African Problem"? What was Thompson's prediction?

2. Whose testimony did Thompson describe, in "Blame it on Dead Bill"? What happened?

3. What picture did Thompson portray in "The Lake of Fire"?

4. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind"?

5. Why did Thompson bring up Patrick Buchanan, in "God Bless Colonel North"?

6. Why did Thompson encounter a psychic in "The Gizzard of Darkness"?

7. What did Thompson contend about the role of money in politics?

8. Where was the Iran-Contra scandal introduced in the book? What did Thompson write initially of his predictions?

9. How did Thompson associate schizophrenics with the Democratic Party in the text?

10. Why did Thompson speak with Lowell Harrelson and when?

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