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

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

3. How many days did the dynamite-laden vehicle sit in Thompson's yard before a neighbor blew it up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"
(a) 1 week.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

4. Who won the 1987 Super Bowl?
(a) Chicago Bears.
(b) Washington Redskins.
(c) New York Giants.
(d) Denver Broncos.

5. Where did Thompson have lunch, in "It Was You, Charlie?"
(a) California Cafe.
(b) San Francisco Diner.
(c) Woody Creek Tavern.
(d) Denver Diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Secretary of State who was running for President in 1988?

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

3. In "The Other George Bush," Skinner asserted that George Bush is smarter than whom?

4. In "Cowboys at Sea," Thompson related the testimony in court to an attack of an oil tanker where?

5. Whose presidential campaign was caught up in a fund-raising scandal, in "The Loved Ones?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What scandal took place in "The Loser's Club"? What was Thompson's suggested solution?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Thompson expect from Reagan's Administration, in "The Year of the Pig"?

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