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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. In "The Worm Turns," Thompson wrote that the Reagan Administration looked weak because of the cancellation of a summit with who?
(a) The Israeli Prime Minister.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Yassir Arafat.

2. In "Wooing the Degenerate Vote," Thompson predicted that who would make a comeback and win the 1988 election?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Richard Nixon.

3. Who was the head of the CIA during the time the book was written?
(a) Andrew Casey.
(b) Ed Meese.
(c) Wiliam Meese.
(d) William Casey.

4. Who was Nixon's Chief of Domestic Affairs?
(a) Alexander Haig.
(b) John Erlichman.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Edward Walton.

5. What did Thompson assert had been dysfunctional for many years, in "Dance of the Seven Dwarfs?"
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Congress.
(c) The United States.
(d) The Democratic Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dance of the Seven Dwarfs," the seven dwarfs refered to the seven what?

2. Who was Richard Nixon's attorney during the Watergate scandal?

3. Where did Thompson go, in "White Trash with Money?"

4. What did Thompson and his friend do after the Super Bowl, in "Trapped in Harding Park?"

5. In "Fat Men on Horseback," Thompson concluded that the main difference between Iran-Contra and Watergate was that Iran-Contra was what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were "Crazy Patrick and Big Al"? What did Thompson foretell in this chapter?

2. What did Thompson write of George Schultz, in "Cowboys at Sea"?

3. What did Thompson detail, in "Back to the Ormsby House"?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Thompson discover, in "The Time of the Geek," about the Gary Hart scandal?

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

10. Who did Thompson suggest would make a comeback in "Wooing the Degenerate Vote"? How?

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