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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 Richard Nixon's attorney during the Watergate scandal?
(a) Edward Walton.
(b) Herbert Kalmbach.
(c) Michael Enderson.
(d) John Erlichman.

2. Who claimed his wife was dying in "Doomed Love in the Rockies?"
(a) Roger.
(b) Shanti.
(c) Mark.
(d) Tex.

3. In "The Loved Ones," who was considered for a furlough that was ultimately denied because of a public outcry?
(a) Mark David Chapman.
(b) John Hinckley.
(c) Jesse James.
(d) Ted Kazinski.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What National Security Adviser attempted suicide in "Gone with the Wind?"

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

3. Who was the House of Representatives Counsel in the Oliver North hearings?

4. What did Thompson attempt to blow up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"

5. In "Ronald Reagan is Doomed," Thompson wrote that people were already fleeing the Reagan Administration because of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What were Thompson's complaints, in "Expelled from the System"? Why?

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

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

10. To whom did Hunter S. Thompson write in the end of the book? Why?

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