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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 "Fat Men on Horseback," Thompson marveled at how fast the political landscape had changed in what amount of time?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 months.

2. Thompson wrote that if Oliver North wanted to avoid prison, he would have to indict who in "Ollie's Choice?"
(a) Reagan or Meese.
(b) Bush or Reagan.
(c) Meese or Bush.
(d) Meese or Anders.

3. The weapons supplied to the Iranian regime killed hundreds of marines where?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) France.
(d) Israel.

4. Who was Ronald Reagan meeting with in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) Gorbachev.
(b) The Chinese Dictator.
(c) The Polish President.
(d) The French President.

5. What was the home state of President Richard Nixon?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Washington.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the chapter title "A Wild and Crazy Guy" in reference to?

2. Who did Bush debate in "President Bush Will See You Now?"

3. What made Thompson particularly angry with the school system, in "Expelled from the System?"

4. What Democratic Senator did Thompson attack in "The Losers' Club?"

5. In "The End of an Era," Thompson laid most of the fault of Reagan's presidency at the feet of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thompson's sources tell him in "The Worm Turns"? What was his conclusion?

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

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

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

5. Describe Thompson's criteria for statistics, in "The Time Has Come."

6. Who were the people Thompson cited, in "Swine of the Week"?

7. Who was discussed in "Let the Good Times Roll"? Why were they newsworthy?

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

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

10. What is the subject of "The Weak in the Weird"?

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